The Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) on Monday staged a protest in Assam’s Dhemaji district following the killing of two Assam youths along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border, allegedly by miscreants from the Arunachal side.
The protestors also burned the effigy of Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu while shouting slogans against him.
Earlier today, two youths were killed while two others were left injured in a shooting incident that occurred in Dhemaji district.
The incident was reported from Panbari area along the Assam-Arunachal border in the district.
Sources said that the attack was perpetuated by miscreants hailing from Arunachal Pradesh, however, there has been no official confirmation of the same.
The deceased have been identified as Boga Chutia and Monitu Gogoi.
Local police and the district administration later reached the spot and initiated an investigation into the incident.
Informing the same, state education minister Ranoj Pegu wrote on Twitter, "I strongly condemn the act of violence at the Panbari area of the Asam-Arunachal border in Dhemaji, where one person named Boga Chutia of Borbila Chutiakari village of my constituency has been killed, and 3 persons - Monitu Gogoi, Puspa Gogoi and Akoni Gohain of Milonpur village have been injured. District Admin and @DhemajiPolice are on the spot.
Meanwhile, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma downplayed the possibility of Arunachali miscreants behind the attack saying that it was a land-related dispute between the people in the area.
He said that the incident will be thoroughly investigated by the police with the help of the district administration.
More details awaited.
