India, Nov. 30 -- Protests continued in Assam's Kokrajhar on Sunday as security forces tightened their presence around the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) Secretariat, a day after hundreds of students stormed the complex and vandalised offices during a demonstration against the Assam government's proposal to grant Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to six communities.

The agitation, which began on Saturday afternoon, turned violent by evening, prompting the district administration to impose prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS). The order bars public gatherings, rallies and any form of demonstration across Kokrajhar town and the Secretariat campus.

An FIR has been registered over the vandalism...