Governor condemns Silapathar incident

By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, March 8:  Assam Governor Banwarilal Purohit expressed grave concern over the vandalism incident where in All Assam Students’ Union office was ransacked in Silapathar. In a statement made here on Wednesday, Purohit said, “Ransacking the AASU office in Silapathar is an act of cowardice. I condemn the act.” He also said that the perpetrators of the incident will be dealt with sternly as per the established law of the land and nobody would go scot free. At the same time, Purohit appealed to everybody not to take law in their hands and display absolute restraint. He also urged all to maintain peace and harmony to strengthen Assam’s pride of being a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, multi-lingual and multi-religious society.