JORHAT: Over 20 persons, including seven policemen, suffered injuries during a clash between police and the public at Jorhat town on Sunday. Police held 22 persons from the spot in connection with the violence.
Officer in charge of Jorhat Sadar police station Pradip Kumar Bora said, "We have arrested 22 persons under provision of the Public Property Damage Act and Indian Penal Code. They will be produced before a local court with a plea to send them to judicial custody." Bora added that one person suffered bullet injuries and was admitted to Jorhat Medical College hospital. But the others' injuries were minor.
The clash started when a group of youths started damaging public property at Baruah Chariali in the town at around 7 am. They had come to Jorhat to attend a pre-recruitment rally scheduled to be held at Jorhat stadium on Sunday.
Locals alleged that an NGO through an advertisement had called unemployed youths from five upper Assam districts of Jorhat, Golaghat, Sivasagar, Dibrugarh and Tinsukia to join in a pre-recruitment rally for army and paramilitary forces. Over 8,000 youths from the upper Assam districts gathered at Jorhat town from Saturday to join in the rally. But the organizers cancelled the rally on Sunday because of which the youths became angry and started attacking the organizers and public property.
Police resorted to lathi charge leaving about 15 youths injured, but could not control them. Finally they opened fire and tear gas to disperse the mob.
Then hundreds of youths blocked the busy AT road in front of Inter state bus terminus here in protest against police action. Police picked up some of them and controlled the situation.
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