Ex-student leader injured in Assam police firing incident

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Ex-student leader injured in Assam police firing incident

Guwahati Assam India January 23, ANI The Assam government ordered a high-level inquiry into a firing incident in Central Assam's Nagaon district on Saturday, where a former student leader was injured in police firing, said Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday.

The police firing incident will be led by Additional Chief Secretary Paban Borthakur, according to the Chief Minister on Sunday. Assam police tweeted earlier today that police personnel involved in the shooting incident in Kachalukhua, Nagaon have been sent to the Police Reserve with immediate effect. We have asked the Govt to institute a commissioner level inquiry into the incident. The police said that if a lapse is found, guilty personnel will be taken to task.

On Saturday, former student leader Kirti Kamal Bora was injured in a confrontation with police in Nagaon city, according to Nagaon district superintendent Anand Mishra.