Staff Reporter

ITANAGAR, 22 Sep: Amid Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the state capital to lay the foundation stones of two hydroelectric projects in Shi-Yomi district and other infrastructure projects, the Adi Students’ Union (AdiSU) enforced a 12-hour bandh in Siang and Upper Siang districts.

The protest, against the deployment of paramilitary forces in the two districts, started at 5 am and ended at 5 pm.

The bandh was supported by the AdiSU’s interstate and inter-district units and students union units based in Guwahati and Shillong.

According to Siang SP James Kabang Lego, around 500 protestors, mainly women, participated in the protest. He said that more than 250 were from Geku in Upper Siang, who staged a protest in Boleng and gheraoed the DC office.

The SP informed th

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