National youth cong president detained following protests against party worker’s death

way2barak, December 21: Several Congress leaders, including Assam Congress president Bhupen Borah, were detained by police during protests against the death of Congress worker Mridul Islam in Guwahati Friday. This came hours after Indian Youth Congress national president Uday Bhanu Chib was detained in his hotel room in the city ahead of the protests.

They were all later released in the evening.

The Assam Congress held protests in different parts of the state Friday against Mridul Islam’s death. Islam – a 45-year-old advocate and a district level office bearer of the party’s legal cell – had died Wednesday following a confrontation between Congress workers and leaders during a protest march towards Raj Bhavan. The police had deployed three tear gas shells against the protestors, following which Islam complained of uneasiness and died on his way to Guwahati Medical College and Hospital.