Two individuals identified as Nizamuddin Ali and Raju Dowarah were arrested for their involvement in violence during anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) earlier this month, from Lahdoigarh in Jorhat District, reports Assam Tribune on December 25.
Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on December 23 stated that 28 cases have been registered against 206 offensive and provocative posts in the social media against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), reports The Sentinel. Altogether 25 of the 206 posts were generated outside Assam, including three in United Arab Emirates. The origins of these 25 posts are still under investigation. The minister stated that “We’ve nothing to do when anybody’s posts for or against the CAA in the social media. However, we’re keeping all offensive and provocative posts under surveillance. We’ve already arrested 10 people. While five of them are in judicial remand, as many are on bail.”
Thousands continued to protest in Upper Assam on December 24 in response to the call by the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) and 30 allied organisations not to accept the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), reports The Telegraph. In Dibrugarh town (Dibrugarh District) over 50,000 people gathered to protest the CAA.
Separately, in Tezpur in Sonitpur District, around 20,000 people gathered at Church Field to protest the CAA, reports The Telegraph on December 25. North East Students’ Organisation (NESO) chairman Samuel Jyrwa pushed for implementation of inner-line permit (ILP) in the region. He said had the government been honest in dealing with the problem of infiltration, they should have made the region a foreigner-free zone by implementing ILP instead of focusing on bringing in Hindu Bangladeshis through the CAA.
Additionally, In Golaghat District, over 20,000 people converged on the outskirts of Dergaon town to protest against CAA, reports The Telegraph on December 25.
Moreover, In Guwahati in Kamrup Metropolitan District, anti-CAA protests were organised by the teachers and students of Gauhati University in Jalukbari and the students of three colleges in Maligaon, adds The Telegraph.
Protesters under the banner of Bir Lachit Sena, Ahom Sena and Anuhusita Jati Chatra Sansth on December 24 staged a demonstration opposing CAA and seeking release of several anti-CAA leaders in Jorhat (Jorhat District), reports Assam Tribune. The protesters demanded the release of Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) leader Akhil Gogoi, United Liberation Front of Asom-Pro Talk Faction (ULFA-PTF) leaderJiten Dutta and two of Bir LachitSena leaders – Swapnajit Borgohain and Srinkhal Chaliha.