jammu:The Youth Congress on Saturday staged a protest in Jammu against the detention of Indian Youth Congress (IYC) President Uday Bhanu Chib, after several national and state office bearers were detained by Assam Police.
Speaking to news agency a protestor said, “We have come here to protest the unconstitutional arrest of our leader.”
On Friday, IYC President Uday Bhanu Chib and several national and state office bearers were detained by Assam Police. The leaders, who had gathered at a city-based hotel, were reportedly not allowed to leave the premises, and security personnel were deployed in large numbers around the hotel.
“This morning, I and other Youth Congress colleagues were detained from a hotel in Guwahati as if we were terrorists. Our mobile phones have been confiscated. We came here to seek justice for martyr Mridul Islam but the murderous Assam Police will not accept this,” said a post from the IYC President’s office.
The IYC has accused Assam Police of taking their leaders into preventive custody as they planned to protest against the death of Congress worker Mridul Islam.
“What is Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma hiding who got Congress worker Mridul Islam murdered? Under which law were they arrested like terrorists after barging into the hotel at 5 in the morning?,” a post from the IYC quoting Uday Bhanu Chib said.
Islam died during a Raj Bhawan Chalo protest organized by the Assam Congress on December 18. The Youth Congress also intended to stage a protest against the remarks made by Union Home Minister Amit Shah regarding Dr BR Ambedkar.
The incident has sparked widespread condemnation, and the Assam Pradesh Congress organized a demonstration in Guwahati to protest against the actions of the police.