The Communist Party of India strongly condemns the incident of “detention by locals” of 44 workers from Jammu and Kashmir at Hijuguri near the New Tinsukia Railway Station in Assam. Despite the Assam Police themselves confirming that all the workers possessed valid identity documents, they were rounded up merely on the basis of suspicion and appearance. Such unlawful actions constitute a serious violation of the Constitutional rights of the people of J&K



