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hearing. The peasant leader Gogoi was arrested from where he succumbed to his injuries on December 15.
Jorhat district for “waging a war against the nation, Another person, Abdul Alameen also succumbed to
conspiracy and rioting,” in a fresh case registered by bullet injuries on December 15. The police shot him at
the NIA recently. Hewas participating in a protest Lalungaon area of Guwahati. Assam DGP confirmed
against the Citizenship Amendment Act. that four people were killed in police action in the
In other parts of the Assam, protests continued state.
against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). The country is reeling through very difficult phase.
Thousands joined in a massive protest against the Its economy is shrinking. Inflation is going all time
CAA organised by poets, artists, film stars, musicians, high. Price rise of essential commodities is hitting
intellectuals, choreographers, singers, song writers the sky. And engineering production is slowing down
and others joined by denizens of the city at the Assam resulting in mass unemployment, we cannot effort
Engineering Institute at Chandmari in Guwahati. inner conflicts and resultant discriminations and dis-
Two more people succumbed to bullet injuries on integration of our age-old coherent social structure
Sunday when police resorted to firing after protests that nurtured the constitutional aim to provide equity,
took a violent turn. Eshwar Nayak from Udalguri dis- freedom and political, economic and social justice to
trict, who was working at a clothing retail store, was all.
returning home at Downtown locality when he was
struck by bullet. He was later shifted to the GMCH, LETTERS@TEHELKA.COM

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