Our Correspondent
Diphu, Dec.15 (EMN): Sixteen organisations have called for a 36-hour Karbi Anglong bandh in neighbouring Assam, starting 5 am on Sunday. The shutdown will end on Dec. 16, 5 pm.
On Saturday, the protestors told a press conference that the shutdown was to press for “the unconditional release of the president of Karbi Students Association, Simeon Rongphar who was arrested on Saturday.
The arrest of Rongphar was made following an FIR lodged against him by Robiram Ronghang at Diphu police station against the alleged use of “unparliamentary words” to the chief executive member of Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council Tuliram Ronghang during a public meeting on Dec. 11.
The 16 organisations including the KSA has launched a long march to KAAC from Dec. 8 to 11th demanding scraping of clause 8 of BLT accord for granting of ST (H) status to Bodos of Karbi Anglong and NC Hills, granting of autonomous state for the hill districts.
At Diphu police station, police told media persons that Rongphar was called to police station today for a discussion and was arrested there. A case has been registered at Diphu police station against Rongphar.
