GUWAHATI, India: Violent mobs in India's northeastern state of Assam torched buildings and clashed with police on Thursday , leaving two dead and 11 with bullet wounds, as protests grew over a new citizenship law for non-Muslim minorities from some neighbouring countries., approved by parliament on Wednesday, was meant to protect minorities from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
A security personnel fires tear gas during a curfew in Guwahati on Dec 12, 2019, following protests over the government's Citizenship Amendment Bill . Raveesh Kumar, a spokesman for India's Foreign Ministry, told reporters that he had no update on whether the summit would go ahead as planned or be held elsewhere.
In Chabua, a town bordering an Indian air force base, protesters had torched government property, including a post office, a local police official said. Protesters vandalised four railway stations in Assam and tried to set fire to them, a railway spokesman said. Train services were suspended, stranding scores of passengers. IndiGo said it had cancelled flights because of the unrest.People walk past the wreckage of a vehicle which was set on fire by demonstrators during a protest against the government's Citizenship Amendment Bill in Guwahati on December 12, 2019.
More troops have been deployed to Assam to restore peace and mobile internet was suspended in 10 districts, the government said.
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