One agitator was killed and another injured in alleged police firing as protests over recommendations of granting permanent resident certificates (PRCs) to six communities escalated on Sunday in Arunachal Pradesh, police sources said.
Police opened fire when protesters tried to attack the private residence of Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu at ESS sector here in the afternoon.
Security personnel urged them to return but without paying any heed to the request, the protesters marched towards his residence and started pelting stones.
To control the situation, police had to resort to firing in which a man, aged between 20 and 24 years, was killed, the sources said.
The body of another person, who was killed in alleged police firing on Friday night, was kept by the protesters at the IG Park here and they said that it will not be buried until their demands were met.
"Considering the present situation pertaining to grant of PRCs to non-APST (Arunachal Pradesh Scheduled Tribes) ..
