12 hours 'Bandh' call of AAMSU ends peacefully at Nagaon
The 12 hours long 'Bandh' called by AAMSU against Police action on Barpeta yesterday ended peacefully here at Nagaon. The market area wore deserted look as shopkeepers kept their shutters down as pre-cautonnary measure, whereas majority road were empty due to absence of buses, auto from major routes.
On the other hand all the major Central Govt. establishments, banks etc were open, but customers kept themselves away from normal business.
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