Overview

• The 12-hour shutdown saw a partial response, with most offices, courts and schools open even as many passenger vehicles stayed off roads.
• Bandh supporters and rival groups clashed in multiple locations, with police reporting stone-pelting and using lathi-charge to disperse crowds.
• More than 110 people were detained for violating Section 163 orders, including students, a college professor and other residents, officials said.
• In Badarpur, students and teachers from a government college allegedly attacked officers and several were placed under preventive detention.
• The protest targeted the November 2024 renaming of Karimganj to Sribhumi, which the chief minister defended citing Tagore, and his recent visit helped galvanize the call for the strike.