At least 11 people were killed and 20 were seriously injured when a high voltage cable hit by bullets fell on the protesters as police fired in the air to disperse Pangeree in upper Assam on Monday.
Police said the incident took place when a large number of
demonstrators armed with machetes and sticks threw stones at the police station
Pangeree in the district of Tinsukia and tried to MUCHE demanding that those
detained in connection with the murder of two people in the area three days ago
will be delivered to them, police said.
They threw stones and broke the windows of the police
station.
"A group of people from neighboring villages laid siege
to the police station on Monday morning. The mob was demanding the police to
deliver the five charged with murder, who were arrested in a case of recent
murder," said a police officer.
Police then fired into the air to control the mob and
bullets hit a high-voltage electric wire causing it to fall over on
demonstrators.
Nine of them died on the spot and one died in Tinsukia Civil
Hospital. Another person died on the way to Assam Medical College Hospital in
neighboring Dibrugarh district.
District senior civil and police officials, along with the
central paramilitary forces and police reinforcements have rushed to the spot.
Officials meetings with protesters hold to neutralize the
situation, police said.
Three days ago a man, his son and daughter-in-law were
kidnapped by unidentified persons in the Pangeree area and while the child
escaped from his captors, the bodies of the other two were later recovered,
police said.
The police had arrested five persons in this connection and
the mob had demanded to be handed over to them for punishment.
Meanwhile, Assam BJP president Sarbananda Sonowal expressed
concern about the incident and demanded a high-level research.
Sonowal, the union of youth affairs and sports minister,
also announced a Rs.1 lakh compensation to the families of each of the dead and
Rs.25,000 rupees for the injured.
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