Protesters on Wednesday threw stones at vehicles carrying five persons who have been arrested in connection with the death of singer Zubeen Garg, while they were being brought to Assam’s Baksa Central Jail, PTI quoted the police as saying.

After the vehicles entered the jail, the protesters tried to storm the premises, sat at the entrance gate and set vehicles on fire.

This prompted the police to “use force to disperse the crowd”, Inspector General of Police (Law and Order) Akhilesh Kumar Singh told Scroll .

He added that the situation was brought under control by 6 pm.

Singh said police officers and protesters were injured in the clashes, adding that the authorities will be able to “give [an] exact number of injuries soon”.

Some of the protesters demanded that the persons arres

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