More than 2000 security personnel including paramilitary, home guards, CRPF, and Assam police have been deployed in the area to avoid any untoward incident during the course of anti-encroachment drive which is going to continue till Thursday, starting Tuesday.
Assam Police on Thursday launched a crackdown on people involved in child marriage across the state on the direction of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
One person, involved in smuggling contraband drugs, on Tuesday evening was injured in police firing while he tried to attack police personnel in Assam's Nagaon district.
The Assam government informed the Gauhati High Court that appropriate action will be taken against the erring officers for demolishing houses of those accused who were involved in setting a police station on fire in central Assam's Nagaon district.