Communal tense prevails at Panchayat Road in Silchar centring cow slaughter on Baka Eid as vehicles are vandalised and several injured.
Cow slaughtering in Bakra Eid at Silchar violated Assam Cattle Preservation Act 2021 which turns communal clashes. Several were injured in the violation and are under treatment at the hospital.
Numal Mahatta the Police Superintendent of Cachar and Kangkan Jyoti Saikia the DIG of Southern Assam Range reached the spot with police and CRPF to take the situation under control. At one point lathi charge was carried out at College Road point to bring the situation under control.
People believe that such a situation would not have arisen if precautionary measures had been taken beforehand.