3 killed, 7 injured in tea estate clash

Guwahati, July 10: Three people have been killed and seven policemen injured in a clash at Naharbari Tea Estate in Sibsagar district of Assam, official sources said. More than 800 tea labourers from other gardens of the district attacked Naharbari Tea Estate on July 10 for non-participation in a bandh called by the Assam Tea Tribes Students' Association (ATTSA) and the Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangh (ACMS) on July 6. A guard of the tea garden was killed in the attack and the mob continued to stone the other inmates and the policemen who arrived at the spot to control the situation. As the situation went beyond control, the police opened fire to disperse the mob killing two protestors on the spot.