Police opened fire to disperse protesters at Lalungaonn area in Guwahati on Thursday morning in which some persons were reportedly injured.
A senior police officer, attributed by news agency PTI, confirmed the reports of police opening fire on protestors. The officer claimed that the protesters hurled stones and bricks at the policemen and when attempts to pacify them did not deter the mob, the security personnel opened fire at them.
The officer did not specify the number of people injured in the firing, though the protestors claimed that at least four persons were injured.
Railways have already suspended all passenger train services in Tripura and Assam and short-terminated long-distance trains to the region to Guwahati following protests in the two states over the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Parliament.?
The cancellation of all passenger trains has been confirmed by a railway spokesperson. The decision was taken Wednesday night in view of the security situation in the region, Northeast Frontier Railway spokesperson Subhanan Chanda said, adding many passengers are stranded in Kamakhya and Guwahati.
Several private airlines have also cancelled flights from Kolkata to Assam and other Northeastern states on Thursday in the wake of anti-CAB protests.?IndiGo, Vistara, Air India, SpiceJet and GoAir are among the carriers that have cancelled their flights.?
The people defied curfew in Guwahati on Thursday morning to protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill as the situation remained tense throughout Assam, with the Army conducting flag march in the city.
Guwahati, the epicentre of anti-CAB protests, was placed under indefinite curfew last night while the Army was called in at four places and Assam Rifles personnel were deployed in Tripura on Wednesday as the two northeastern states plunged into chaos over the hugely emotive Citizenship (Amendment) Bill or CAB.
All Assam Student's Union and Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti appealed to the people to come out on the road for peaceful protest. The people were on the road in the night despite the curfew.
Army conducted a flag march in the city on Thursday morning. Vehicles were stranded in various cities of Assam due to heavy blockade. Half-a dozen vehicles were burnt. The houses of BJP and AGP leaders were attacked in various parts of the state.
Defying curfew, protesters came out on the streets of Guwahati on Thursday to protest the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill even as the Army conducted flag marches in Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Jorhat and Tinsukia. Five columns of the Army have been requisitioned and deployed in Assam, an Army statement said.?
"Curfew is on till further orders, We are monitoring the situation very closely. So far the situation is under control,¡± Assam Police Additional Director General (Law and Order) Mukesh Agrawal told PTI.
Several offices of the RSS were attacked in Dibrugarh, Sadya and Tezpur. The BJP office in Tezpur was also attacked. Late in the night, curfew was also imposed in Dibrugarh for an indefinite period as protesters targeted the houses of Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Union minister Rameswar Teli in the district.
The region has plunged into chaos of a magnitude unseen since the violent six-year movement by students that ended with the signing of the Assam accord.?Assam has been on the boil ever since the CAB was tabled in Lok Sabha.
The contentious Bill which seeks to provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, was passed by Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Lok Sabha cleared the Bill on Monday.