Notably, the driver of the car, a woman, was critically injured and was later admitted to the Gauhati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) for medical treatment.
Kartik Kakar
For the last 15 months, Mousumi Stafford has been fighting for justice for her brother. Now, sheâs keenly following the political developments ahead of the Assembly election in Assam, scheduled for between March 27 and April 6. For Mousumi, this election will prove to be decisive.
On December 12, 2019, Sam Stafford, 17, died in police firing during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Guwahati. The law, passed in the parliament the day before, gives citizenship to undocumented, non-Muslim immigrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Assam erupted in violent protests as many saw the law as a violation of the 1985 Assam Accord, which committed the central government to removing all âillegal immigrantsâ who entered the state after March 24, 1971.