Two got killed in north-east firing as citizens protests against citizenship law

At least two
people were killed on Thursday as violence spread to more regions within
India’s north-eastern states against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.

With police
and paramilitary reinforcements are struggling to control massive crowds of
protesters who go against curfews in some areas.

The subsequent
lockdown, was Assam where military reinforcements have been sent and a
near-total ban on internet services was made in some regions on Thursday.

CAB, cleared
by the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, floors the way for immigrants of faiths others
than Islam from three neighbouring countries to gain Indian citizenship.

The move has
reopened ethnic fault lines in regions such as Assam, which have a history of
anti-immigration movements, especially against people from Bangladesh.

Ramen
Talukdar, superintendent of Gauhati Medical College Hospital, said two people
died from gunshot wounds and 11 others were injured, also with bullet wounds,
said sources.

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief
minister Sarbananda Sonowal have betrayed the people of Assam by ensuring
passage of the Bill,” AASU adviser Samujjal Bhattacharya told a gathering in
Guwahati.

CM Sonowal,
too, appealed to protesters to not creat violence and invited all groups to sit
down for talks to address their concerns.

The state government
removed Guwahati police commissioner Deepak Kumar, replacing him with Munna
Prasad Gupta. The additional director general of police (law and order) was
also replaced.