“At least two protesters were killed and many others, including nine police personnel, were injured during clashes between police and local people 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. The Assam police launched a brutal crackdown on locals, assaulting them with sticks and even opening fire. Videos from the site show the police, thrashing and shooting a man who charged at them with a stick.
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