Assam Police ‘worked extensively’ to prevent violence during Waqf protests: Himanta

way2barak, April 13: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday claimed that the state police had “strong intelligence inputs” about possible disturbances during protests against the Waqf Act in the state but the law enforcers “worked extensively” to prevent any violent incident.

“We had strong intelligence inputs that Assam could witness some disturbances due to protests by the minority community yesterday,” Sarma said on Saturday at a press conference here.

“Assam Police approached leaders of the minority community and masjid committees. They worked extensively for five days. And yesterday was a day of immense satisfaction,” he said, adding that the state witnessed protests in three places with the participation of around 150 people in each rally.

Sarma also expressed his gratitude to the minority community and its leaders.

He said maintaining law and order is the primary duty of the police, and it will continue doing so.