GUWAHATI: The 10-hour shutdown on Monday called by the All India Congress Committee (AICC) in protest against the sky-rocketing price rise of fuel has raised a tensed state at several places in the city.
In Guwahati, Congress workers squatted on the major thoroughfares of the city to stop vehicular traffic.
Congress workers led by Assam APCC president Ripun Bora and Assam Congress in-charge Harish Rawat registered a massive protest in front of Assam Secretariat at Dispur.
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They were subsequently apprehended by police and were taken to Basistha police station.
Reportedly, several Congress leaders including senior Congress leader Rockybul Hussain and other party workers have also been arrested at different parts of Assam.
Ironically, prices of petrol and diesel were again raised on Monday even as the nation is thrown out of gear because of the 10-hour shutdown called by the AICC.