STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: The All Assam Students Union (AASU) took out a massive torchlight rally from Swahid Nyas at Uzan Bazar here on Friday evening to register its protests and opposition against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). Such rallies were also carried from different parts of the State.
The City Police made elaborate security arrangements in and around Swaid Nyas premises on Friday and prevented the torchlight rally soon after it was taken out by top AASU leaders and workers.
AASU chief advisor Dr Samujjal Bhattacharjya, while condemning the police and Assam Government to prevent the students organization to take out the torchlight rally in a peaceful and democratic ways, demanded that the government to give exemplary punishment to the police officials responsible for the brutal killing of two youths –Sam Stafford and Dipanjal Das – on the city streets during the anti-CAA movement.
Poisoned Cattle Carcass Kills 23 Endangered Vultures in Assam
The population of slender-billed vultures in Assam has come down by almost 99%, mainly due to the use of diclofenac- a banned drug- and other pesticides.
Tinsukia: At least 23 vultures belonging to critically endangered species died in eastern Assam s Tinsukia.
The incident was reported at Dhola in Assam s Tinsukia district when the critically endangered vultures died from poisoning after consuming the carcasses of two cattle.
Meanwhile, forest officials have rescued 12 vultures in a critical condition and currently under treatment.
The dead vultures were sent for post mortem later.
Earlier in march 2019, 37 vultures belonging to three endangered species died in Assam s Sivasagar district after feeding on pesticide-laced cattle carcass.
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