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Violence at Arunachal SIR Hearing Prompts Bordumsa Prohibitory Orders
A meeting about voter lists became violent in Bordumsa.
The meeting was about claims and objections involving voters in Bijoypur.
It had first taken place on September 3 and was moved to the ADC office on September 4.
Officials said some AAPSU protesters forced their way into the office and damaged property.
They also said stones were thrown at people from Chakma and Hajong communities.
An AAPSU volunteer was injured during later stone-pelting.
AAPSU gave a different account and said its members were attacked with knives and daos.
The administration imposed restrictions and sent more police to control the situation.
A hearing on claims and objections in Bijoypur turned violent in Bordumsa, Arunachal Pradesh.
The administration imposed prohibitory orders under BNSS Section 163 and deployed heavy police forces.
Officials alleged AAPSU protesters broke into the ADC office, vandalised it and manhandled the ADC.
Stone-pelting between groups injured an AAPSU volunteer, according to the ADC.
AAPSU denied responsibility for starting the violence, alleged attacks on its members and demanded the SIR process be halted in Chakma-Hajong areas.
- Who
- Officials, AAPSU protesters and members of the Chakma and Hajong communities were involved; Bordumsa ADC Sabadam Tayang and AAPSU president Meje Taku gave competing accounts.
- What
- A hearing on claims and objections under Forms 6 and 7 was disrupted and followed by violence, property damage and stone-pelting.
- Where
- The incident occurred in Bordumsa, in Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang district, initially at a panchayat hall and later at the ADC office.
- When
- The hearing began on September 3 and resumed on September 4; the year is not specified in the reports.
- Why
- AAPSU protesters were demanding deletion of Chakma and Hajong voters enrolled after 2006, while the hearing was addressing claims and objections in the voter-list process.
Officials’ Account
AAPSU’s Account
Cause of the violence
Officials’ Account
ADC Sabadam Tayang said AAPSU protesters broke the office gate, entered the premises, disrupted the hearing, vandalised the office and manhandled him.
AAPSU’s Account
AAPSU president Meje Taku said the union’s visiting high-level committee was targeted and alleged that its members were attacked with knives and daos.
Injuries and weapons
Officials’ Account
Tayang said protesters pelted stones at Chakma and Hajong attendees, triggering counter-stone-pelting that injured an AAPSU volunteer.
AAPSU’s Account
Taku dismissed claims that injuries were caused by police tear gas or firearms as AI-generated propaganda and blamed others for attacking AAPSU members.
Response to the SIR process
Officials’ Account
The administration said the situation was under control and imposed restrictions while deploying police forces.
AAPSU’s Account
AAPSU demanded arrests of those responsible, no FIRs against its members, suspension of officials it accused of favouritism, and an immediate halt to the SIR process in Chakma-Hajong-inhabited areas.
Key facts
- Location
- Bordumsa, Changlang district, Arunachal Pradesh
- Hearing
- Bijoypur claims and objections hearing under Forms 6 and 7
- Administrative action
- Prohibitory orders imposed under Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Section 163
- Reported injury
- An AAPSU volunteer sustained a head injury, according to the ADC
- Police deployment
- Heavy police forces were deployed
- AAPSU demand
- Deletion of Chakma and Hajong voters enrolled after 2006
- Planned meeting
- AAPSU called an emergency extended meeting for September 12 in Itanagar
Quotes
Sabadam Tayang
Bordumsa Additional Deputy Commissioner who described the disruption and violence at the hearing
“When the hearing resumed, a group of protesters under the banner of the All Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union (AAPSU), demanding deletion of Chakma and Hajong voters enrolled after 2006, allegedly broke the office gate, forced their way inside and disrupted the proceedings.”
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“They started the fight, and we are going to finish it. We gave them shelter, water, and food as guests, but today they are targeting the masters of the house.”
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