Guwahati: The people of Assam staged spontaneous protest against CAB on Wednesday, when the bill was discussing in Rajya Sabha. Several violent incidents in several districts of Assam forcing the Government authorities to impose indefinite curfew in the state capital Guwahati.

  The protesters were burnt tyres and logs placed on roads and rail tracks to stop movement of vehicles and trains across the state. Protesters also burnt effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal. The sudden protest in the capital, the schools which were open decided to declare holiday by 12 noon to any untoward incident with students while returning back. In the violent protest, six vehicles were burnt including two school buses. Protesters were also pelted stones on the police force.

   The curfew which was imposed in Guwahati at 6.15 pm was later extended indefinitely. Assam’s Additional Director General (Law & Order) Mukesh Agarwal told to the press despite the curfew Arson continued in several areas. He said that one column army is on standby in Assam’s Bongaigaon district and another one in Dibrugarh, ready to be deployed if required. A day after Assam witnessed total shutdown in protest against CAB on Wednesday, thousands of students from Guwahati Medical College, Assam Engineering College to staged a massive protest march on the Guwahati- Shillong road, it is the city’s main road leading to the Secretariat in Dispur. The protesting students clashed with the police and CRPF after they were stopped at Bhangagarh. Several students were canned by police and tear gas shells were also fired to disperse the crowd.

   Several students sustained injuries in police lathicharge in Dibrugarh, Tinsukia and Sibsagar districts. The injured students were shifted Assam Medical College.