Indefinite curfew continues in Dhula area of Assam
11 Jan 2018 10:10 PM IST
Dhula/Guwahati: The indefinite curfew which was clamped in Dhula police station area of Assam's Darrang district on Wednesday was in force on Thursday, officials said.
The curfew continued on Thursday through National Highway 15 was kept out of the order for movement of traffic and there was no report of any untoward incident, the officials said.
Ranjit Hazarika, Officer-in-Charge of Dhula Police Station, where the person allegedly died in police custody, was arrested yesterday.
He was on Thursday produced before a local court in Mongoldoi which remanded him to 14-days judicial custody.
On the instructions of Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, PWD Minister Parimal Shuklabaidhya has rushed to Dhula to take stock of the situation.
The curfew was clamped yesterday after a man died as police opened fire to control a mob, which attacked Dhula police station alleging death of a person due to torture in police custody.
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