Protests erupt across country

New Delhi/Agartala: Anti-Citizenship Amendment Bill protests in Assam turned violent on Tuesday after there were clashes between protestors and the police. One infant was killed along with at least 20 protestors being injured.

In state capital Guwahati, at least six protestors were reportedly injured when the police resorted to lathi-charge and fired tear gas shells.

The protestors in Guwahati had set up a blockade and burnt tyres to protest against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill. According to the reports, the incidents took place at Down Town, Six Mile and Maligaon area in the capital city of Assam.

A few more protesters were injured during clashes with the security personnel in Jorhat, Golaghat and Nagaon.

The North East Students' Organisation (NESO) — an umbrella organisation of different students' unions of the region — on Tuesday called an 11-hour Northeast bandh to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill.

Internet services have been suspended in Tripura for 48 hours from 2 pm on Tuesday in view of the ongoing protests against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, an official notification said. Agitators participating in a bandh called by the NESO set a market, where shops were owned mostly by non-tribals, on fire in Dhalai district, police said. However, no one was injured.

The bandh threw normal life out of gear in Dhalai, West Tripura and Khowai districts.

In Dibrugarh district, bandh supporters clashed with CISF personnel. Three protesters sustained injuries as they tried to prevent workers of Oil India Limited (OIL) from entering their offices in Duliajan.

Train services across Assam were affected as picketers blocked the tracks, a spokesperson for the Railways said. Examinations were shelved and rescheduled by universities because of the bandh.

The national Capital witnessed protest demonstrations by political parties, students' bodies and civil society groups over the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill on Tuesday.