2 killed, 20 injured as police open fire during Assam eviction drive

Two men were killed and at least 20 others, including a Magistrate, were injured in Assam on Thursday after the police opened fire on people resisting an eviction drive.

The incident occurred in the Kochutoli area under the Sonapur revenue circle, about 30 km east of Guwahati.

The two men, identified as Jubahir Ali and Haidar Ali, succumbed to bullet injuries at the local hospital while some of the injured were shifted to the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital.