Anti-CAA stir | Assam DGP urges people to resolve issues through peaceful means

Guwahati DGP urges peaceful resolution amid CAA protests, Assam Police beefs up security to maintain law and order.

Assam Director General of Police G.P. Singh has urged people to resolve issues through peaceful and constitutional means rather than resorting to violence on the streets.

Mr. Singh’s comments come amid security being beefed up across Assam, with various organisations protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA.

The North East Students' Organisation (NESO), the apex body of major student unions in the eight states of the region, had on Wednesday burnt copies of the rules of CAA, while the AASU staged 'satyagraha' in all district headquarters.

The Union government had on Monday implemented the CAA, notifying the rules to fast-track citizenship for undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who came to India before December 31, 2014.

Assam had witnessed violent agitations against the act in 2019 during which five people were killed.

"Having been given the opportunity by the Government of Assam to lead the illustrious Assam Police since Jan 31st 2023, I remain responsible, answerable and accountable for all bonafide actions of each policeman," the DGP posted on X on Wednesday.

He said that every mala fide action would be handled as per rules and procedures.