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CAA Protests In Assam: Curfew Lifted Completely, Full-Fledged Broadband Internet Restored Across State
A demonstration against the CAA in Assam (Representative image) (Rajib Jyoti Sarma/Hindustan Times via GettyImages)
With no act of violence reported due to protests against the amendments made to Citizenship Act in Assam, the state government has decided to lift the day and night curfew across the state completely, while also restoring broadband internet services from today (17 December), reports The Indian Express.
The major decision was announced by state minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Himanta Biswa Sarma who observed in a tweet that no violence of any kind was reported across Assam on Monday (16 December).
Meanwhile, Sarma shared that so far 190 people have been arrested by the police under 136 cases lodged after violence observed across the state in the previous week.
