Haflong, Apr 10 : More than 12 protestors comprising mainly of Tribal ethnic students of North Cachar Hills Assam, including 2 girls, were injured when police fired on demonstrators at Haflong, headquarter of Assam's North Cachar hill district, Friday.
The demonstrators, under the banner of NC Hills Indigenous Students' Forum, were demonstrating at the bus stand demanding bifurcation of the hill council into two districts for the Dimasa and non-Dimasa tribes of Jemi, Hmar and Kuki.
As the students refused to vacate the area, police first resorted to lahi-charge and then opened fire at 8.45 am. The injured students have all been admitted to Haflong civil hospital.
The current situation is to be blamed directly to the Tarun Gogoi policy of appeasing the Dimasa militants while not even raising a thought on the ethnic population.
12 Student Protestors Injured in Police Firing in Haflong, Assam
