Guwahati: With Assam’s Tinsukia Police arresting three villagers from Baghjan, including the village Gaon Burha’s son for protesting against Oil India Limited last week, the issue of compensating the Baghjan blowout victims is far from over. On Saturday morning, after a violent confrontation between Tinsukia police and the locals, the district administration banned assembly of people in Baghjan village under section 144 CrPC for a day.
The incident took place on Saturday morning after 50-odd residents blocked access of the Oil India Limited (OIL) personnel and vehicles to the disaster site, situated next to the Maguri Motapung Beel, an internationally renowned bird habitat next to Dibru Saikhowa National Park. In the stand-off, several villagers and policemen were injured, while police picked up three persons from the spot.
Manoj Hazarika, son of Rajani Hazarika, Baghjan Gaon burha (village headman) was arrested along with Prakash Hazarika and Deep Saikia on Saturday.
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