Guwahati police chief removed, several officers transferred amid CAB protests in Assam
In a major reshuffle, the Assam government on Thursday replaced the Guwahati Police commissioner and a senior officer responsible for law and order in the state, amid violent protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.
In a major reshuffle, the Assam government on Thursday replaced the Guwahati Police commissioner and a senior officer responsible for law and order in the state, amid violent protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. City police chief Deepak Kumar was removed and Munna Prasad Gupta was appointed in his place, Commissioner and Secretary (Home and Political) Ashutosh Agnihotri told news agency PTI. Gupta was earlier posted in the Special Protection Group.
In addition to it, Assam's additional general of police (Law and Order) Mukesh Agarwal transferred as ADGP (CID); GP Singh was appointed in his place. Singh was earlier posted in New Delhi as inspector general of police at the National Investigation Agency.
ADGP (CID) LR Bishnoi has also been transferred as ADGP (training and armed police) ADGP SN Singh and deputy inspector general of police
Anand Prakash Tiwari has also been brought in to supervise the law and order situation in the state.
Meanwhile, Internet services in Assam have been suspended for another 48 hours, beginning from 12 noon today.
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma to meet Union Minister Amit Shah today at 8 pm.
Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured the people in the Northeast that the bill isn't going to affect them in anyway. He added that the region is not in the ambit of the Citizenship Bill.
"There are attempts to fuel tensions in the Northeast region. Most of the region is out of the ambit of this bill but politics of Congress and its allies depends on illegal immigrants... Congress in the past had promised relief to persecuted minority refugees but never did anything for them. The condition in which they were living in Pakistan, similar treatment was given by Congress governments to them," PM Modi said.