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Army Deployed as Assam’s Karbi Anglong Unrest Leaves Two Dead and Cuts Mobile Internet

Tripartite talks have been set to tackle grievances over protected grazing lands under court constraints.

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Security personnel lathi-charge people during a clash between two groups over the issue of eviction, at Kheroni in West Karbi Anglong district, Assam.
West Karbi Anglong: Injured security personnel sit inside an ambulance following violence allegedly triggered by rumours, in West Karbi Anglong, Assam, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2024.
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Overview

  • Authorities imposed prohibitory orders and suspended mobile internet across Karbi Anglong and West Karbi Anglong to curb escalation.
  • Police said protesters used stones, bows, arrows and crude bombs, injuring about 48 officers, with the DGP and the IGP among those hurt.
  • Protesters torched KAAC CEM Tuliram Ronghang’s ancestral house and multiple shops, with one person killed in police action and another in a market fire.
  • The violence followed a hunger strike over alleged encroachment of PGR and VGR lands, after hospital transfers of fasting protesters sparked arrest rumours.
  • Officials cite a Gauhati High Court stay that limits eviction moves, while additional CRPF units and the Army back law-and-order efforts and cases are being pursued over arson and attacks.