Protest After Assam Cops Shoot Student On Leg Over Drug Peddler Suspicion

The protest saw students blocking a highway and raising slogans against Assam police and Nagaon SP Anand Mishra for "brutality" against the former student leader.

A massive protest was staged by students in Assam's Nagaon today against the police after cops shot a former student leader on suspicion of being a drug peddler. The incident took place on Saturday night.

The protest saw students blocking a highway and raising slogans against Assam police and Nagaon SP Anand Mishra for "brutality" against the former student leader.

The youth has been identified as Kirtti Kamal Bora of the Kachalukhua area in the Nagaon district.

Recently, Nagaon police made headlines for their massive operation against drugs in the district.