Guwahati: A student was shot dead and more than 60 people including policemen and journalists were injured, some seriously, when a violent confrontation broke out outside the newly inaugurated Baksa District Jail at Nikashi on Wednesday.

The unrest prompted the Assam government to suspend mobile internet and data services across Baksa district for an indefinite period.

The deceased has been identified as Dipak Das (18), a student from Dumni Tea Estate in Baksa. Officials said Dipak sustained a bullet wound to the back and was declared dead after being taken to a hospital.

The clashes began when a convoy transporting five high-profile undertrial prisoners in the ongoing probe into singer Zubeen Garg’s death arrived at the jail. According to police and eyewitnesses, a large crowd — anger

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