The Wire reported the AASU leader, Bhattacharya’s number was added to the list less than a month before the MHA announcement of the new ‘Clause Six Committee’, while ULFA's Chetia was selected for surveillance in late 2018, during peace talks.
Lashing out at the state government, the AASU president said, 'They have unleashed their oppressive machinery on people killing five minor students and injuring many others with bullets. It is clear that the Sarbananda Sonowal government will be brought down.'
The passing of the Citizenship Bill in the Parliament has plunged the northeast, especially the states of Assam, Tripura and Meghalaya into deep chaos with locals and students hitting the streets in thousands in protest.
While trains and flights were operating as per schedule at the time of writing, roads bore the brunt of the protests as burning tyres could be seen at various places in Assam to prevent movement of vehicles.
The recent life sentencing of seven personnel, including a Major General, by an Army court for a fake encounter 24 years ago bears significance for another such case in Manipur.
