More than 3,000 people arrested in Assam, 136 cases registered: Police

(PTI) Guwahati / Kolkata, Ta. December 17, 2019, Tuesday

Appearances remain unchanged on the fifth day in the eastern states and West Bengal, where the AP Center opposes the citizenship reform law. Demonstrators staged obstacles on roads and rail tracks in several parts of different states on Tuesday. Over the past few days, more than 3,000 people have been detained and more than 190 arrested in Assam for violent riots.

Assam's DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta said that the police have registered 136 cases so far and arrested more than 190 protesters. Not only were these people demonstrating, they also spread violence in the state.

Those arrested include some of the organization's biggest leaders. He claimed that more people could be arrested in the coming days. The curfew has been lifted in Guwahati over the past few days as law and order situation in Assam has improved.

The curfew has been relaxed in Guwahati, improving the law and order situation in the eastern states including Assam. Stores and business units were open and vehicles were moving like normal traffic on the road. Curfew has been relaxed in Dibrugarh district from 6.00pm to 14clock on Tuesday. However, restrictions on mobile Internet services are being imposed in various parts of the state.

Extremely stressful conditions are prevailing in Bashirhat area of ​​North 24 Parganas in West Bengal. The protesters chanted slogans against the Modi government. Police have so far arrested 354 protesters for violent protests in the eastern states.

Some trains going to North Bengal have been canceled. The Mamata Banerjee government has shut down Internet services for the third consecutive day in Malda, North Dinajpur, Murshidabad, Howrah and 24 North and South 24 Parganas areas to prevent fake news on social media.