AABYSF calls for 24-hour Assam Bandh on November 3

Guwahati, November 2, 2018:

The All Assam Bengali Youth Students’ Federation (AABYSF) following the killing of five persons near Dhola-Sadiya Bridge in Tinsukia by unidentified gunmen has called for a 24-hour Assam Bandh on November 3.

The organisation has called the bandh from 5 am on Saturday. The students' body has demanded for strict actions against the culprits behind the killings.

It may be mentioned that five persons belonging to a particular community were gunned down on Thursday by unidentified miscreants near Dhola-Sadiya bridge in Tinsukia district of Assam. Though it was initially suspected to be the handiwork of the United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent), the banned organization denied having any link with the incident.

Meanwhile, the police have arrested ULFA pro talks leader Mrinal Hazarika for making provocative statements recently which they believe might have led to the incident.

Mrinal Hazarika had recently said that they would resort to massacre to stop the Bengali organizations pressing for the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016.

There had been wide scale outrage of the provocative comments of Hazarika.

He was summoned earlier in the day for questioning at the Panbazar Police Station and was arrested in the afternoon. The police is yet to make an official statement as on what ground the pro talks leader has been arrested but reports claim that the leader has been arrested for making communal statements.