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Altogether 173 information personnel, belonging to some Assam Police and CRPF, were injured successful unit earlier this week successful which 2 persons were killed successful West Karbi Anglong district, constabulary said connected Saturday (December 27, 2025).
The concern successful the trouble-torn districts of Karbi Anglong and West Karbi Anglong was limping backmost to normalcy with nary study of immoderate untoward incident.
''173 unit of the Assam Police and @crpfindia were injured successful the incidents connected 22–23 December 2025 nether Kheroni PS nether West Karbi Anglong. 139 received archetypal assistance astatine the spot, portion 33 were sent for attraction to assorted hospitals'', the Assam Police said successful a station connected X.
A strict vigil is being maintained successful the districts by information forces, with prohibitory orders successful spot and net services suspended.
Agitators from the Karbi assemblage had been connected a hunger onslaught for 15 days, demanding the eviction of alleged amerciable settlers, who mostly hail from Bihar, from the Village Grazing Reserve (VGR) and Professional Grazing Reserve (PGR) lands successful the tribal belts.
They went connected a rampage connected Monday (December 22) aft constabulary took distant 3 agitators from the protestation tract during the aboriginal hours, reportedly to a Guwahati infirmary arsenic their wellness had deteriorated, which the medication aboriginal claimed was for their hospitalisation.
The Kheroni country successful West Karbi Anglong territory witnessed wide unit connected Tuesday, arsenic 1 idiosyncratic was killed successful constabulary firing and different was burnt live wrong his house.
There was an effort to evict the settlers past year, but a petition was filed successful the Gauhati High Court, which passed an interim bid staying the eviction process.
Meanwhile, a tripartite gathering was held connected Friday (December 26, 2025) betwixt the authorities government, Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) and the protestors, with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma assuring that the authorities volition determination the Gauhati High Court for an aboriginal bid connected its erstwhile enactment connected eviction successful grazing lands successful some the districts.
