GUWAHATI CURFEW RELAXED GUWAHATI SITUATION TENSE INDIA NEWS HEADLINES: - Curfew in Guwahati was today relaxed for 12 hours from 8:am in Beltola area of the city - the scene of a clash between activists of a tribal students union demanding Schedule Tribe status and locals - which left one dead and at least 240 injured in Guwahati. Yesterday, large-scale violence rocked the area after Adivasi Students Association activists vandalised property, torched vehicles, attacked
policemen and injured a magistrate after they were obstructed by the police. Kamrup (Metro) deputy commissioner Avinash Joshi of Guwahati said the situation was tense, but gradually returning to normal due to which the curfew had been relaxed during the day time in Guwahati.The protestors then attacked private property in Guwahati and shops and set ablaze cars and buses turning the area from Dispur to Bashista into a battleground in Guwahati. The local people, furious at their property being attacked, retaliated and clashed with the protestors resulting in injuries to both sides in Guwahati. Two hundred injured people have been discharged from the Gauhati Medical College while 40 seriously injured are being treated, hospital sources said in Guwahati. The Army and para-military forces were called out to control the situation in Guwahati even as Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi ordered a high level probe into the incident in Guwahati. Joshi said patrolling continued in the sensitive areas in Guwahati and the district administration was keeping a watch on the situation in Guwahati.
