GUWAHATI: In the protests against the then Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) and now Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) on December 12 the same resulted in some grievous injuries due to the army trying to quell the same.
In one of such incident, a lady of Hatigaon area was shot by army personnel while she was out buying grocery for her family.
The victim, identified as Nazmin Afroz, in her attempt to stock up her provisions found herself at the receiving end of the bullet when the Army decided to go on a flag march in the area.
“I along with my mother went there to buy essential commodities when the army men started firing without really taking note of who was protesting or who the passers-by were,” said the victim’s daughter.
She further said that although the bullet was not aimed at her it somehow managed to hit her along with 17-year-old Sam Stafford who died on the spot.
The victim’s daughter alleged that there was some third party involved in the entire episode of this protest as according to her there were people who were asking them to come out and face the consequences as the victim and her daughter were hiding inside of lane on the street side.
The victim was later shifted to Gauhati Medical College & Hospital where she received her initial treatment.
It may be mentioned that the bullet totally damaged her toes and she is currently undergoing treatment at Downtown Hospital in Guwahati.
