Assam govt orders judicial probe after horrific video of police brutality surfaces
The Assam government ordered a judicial probe into the Dholpur Gorukhuti clashes that led to death of two people. Several people, including nine policemen, were injured during the incident. At least two protesters were killed and many others, including nine police personnel, injured during clashes between police and locals at Dholpur Gorukhuti area in Assam's Darrang district on Thursday. The clashes broke out at a time when a team of security personnel went to the area to evict illegal encroachers from the land belonging to a state farming project. When the security personnel reached the area, thousands of locals gathered and raised slogans against the eviction drive. The Assam cabinet had earlier taken a decision to recover the land completely from encroachers and convert it to a state farming project. A judicial probe has been ordered by the Assam government in the incident after reports and videos of police brutality emerged. A video of the incident has gone viral on social...