SEVERAL PASSENGERS STRANDED AMID CURFEW IN DIMA HASAO DISTRICT OF ASSAM

Several passengers stranded in Maibang and Haflong railway stations in Dima Hasao district of Assam amid disruptions caused by agitating protesters following an alleged police firing that killed at least two people and left 10 others were injured during a protest against the proposed inclusion of Dima Hasao district in Greater Nagalim. It may be mentioned that the incident took place at Maibong on Friday reportedly after a group of protesters blocked the railway station. Trains headed for Silchar and Guwahati were stopped midway causing discomfort to thousands of passengers.

The protesters had called a 12-hour "Dima Hasao Bandh" to protest the reported move of the Central government to set up satellite council for Nagas in the district as part of the peace talks between New Delhi and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) (IM). The indefinite curfew in Maibang, which was clamped yesterday after clashes between the police and a mob during a bandh, continued today.