Hundreds of activists from All Assam Bengali Youth Students Federation staged economic blockade at Srirampur along 31 C National Highway in protest against kidnapping of Ranjit Dutta, a businessman of Bhawanipur. Dutta was kidnapped by unknown miscreants on Tuesday last in Kokrajhar district. The students federation staged economic blockade with banner, play cards demanded early recovery of Dutta without any delay. Although six days left after kidnapped, yet no any information about has so far reached to the family.
Despite repeated claims by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and other BJP ministers that the long-standing inter-state border dispute with Nagaland has been resolved, fresh tensions have erupted along the border, particularly in the Merapani Seed Farm area under Golaghat district. Local Assamese residents continue to live in fear, alleging that the state government, administration, and police remain silent and inactive.
The epicenter of the recent unrest is the Merapani Seed Farm, a 1300-acre tract of land well within Assam’s geographical territory. On 10 April, thousands of Assamese citizens rallied at Merapani, staging an intense protest demanding protection of Assamese land...
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