KOKRAJHAR (ASSAM): Five persons were injured when police opened fire during a student rally at Basugaon in Assam's Chirang district on Tuesday where protesters attacked the men in uniform with stones demanding a separate Kamatapur state.
Though they were denied permission by the district administration to hold the rally, members of the All Koch Rajbongshi Students' Union demanding a separate Kamatapur state and scheduled tribe status for Koch Rajbongshis, began gathering near the venue in morning, police said.
Police prevented the protesters from entering the venue, but they gathered in a field opposite turning a deaf ear to appeals by police to disperse.
Though they were denied permission by the district administration to hold the rally, members of the All Koch Rajbongshi Students' Union demanding a separate Kamatapur state and scheduled tribe status for Koch Rajbongshis, began gathering near the venue in morning, police said.
Police prevented the protesters from entering the venue, but they gathered in a field opposite turning a deaf ear to appeals by police to disperse.
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