Violent Protest In Assam's Nagaon As Man Dies In Alleged Police Action

An angry mob surrounded the police station and threw stones in which several police vehicles were damaged. The police used batons and fired in the air to disperse the crowd.

A man died in central Assam's Nagaon district this evening, allegedly due to police beating during lockdown hours. Carrying his body, an angry mob surrounded the police station and held a protest. They threw stones in which several police vehicles were partially damaged. The police used batons and fired in the air to disperse the crowd. Rupahihat area, where it happened, is extremely tense. Police sources said reinforcements have been sent to the area. The police claimed that illegal betting was going on in at a village, Gareki, under the Rupahihat subdivision. When the police raided the area, the men ran. One of them fell in a water body and died. "As per preliminary information, the officer in charge of Rupahihat police station received information that some people are involved in betting and gambling despite curfew," Anand Mishra, the district police chief, told NDTV.