Guwahati: The All Assam Tea Students’ Association (AATSA) organised massive protests to demand for justice in the firing incident that occurred in the Tinsukia district’s Pengeri forest area, when four civilians were arrested after being mistaken for suspected ULFA-I leaders.
Raising slogans against the police, the protesting members staged agitations in front of the Pengeri Police Station demanding release of the four individuals at the earliest.
One of the AATSA members said, “The police have apprehended four of our brothers misguiding them as ULFA-I militants. The four youths had actually gone for fishing late at night and on their way back home they were caught by the police.”
The AATSA further claimed that the police have not responded to inquiries about the whereabouts of the four missing people.
“Amrit Mukhiar has been critically injured during police firing. We condemn police action and demand a high-level inquiry into the incident. We demand all our brothers to be released from police custody. We also demand all expenses of Amrit’s treatment,” the AATSA member further said.
Reportedly, the security forces and police apprehended Amrit Mukhiar and four other youths on the night of December 19 on suspicion of providing food and shelter to ULFA-I cadres.