Assam Anti-CAA Protests Face Police Crackdown Ahead Of PM's Visit

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit, the police resorted to lathi charge on activists of the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) who took out a rally in Tezpur on Friday to protest the central government's controversial citizenship law. The police detained several AASU activists on Friday in different districts of Assam during the demonstrations against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) which saw protesters hold torch-light rallies across the state.