Silchar, Dec. 23 -- A mob in Assam's West Karbi Anglong district on Monday set fire to the ancestral home of Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) chief and senior BJP leader Tuliram Ronghang, sparking widespread violence and prompting authorities to impose curfew-like restrictions across the district, officials said. At least three protesters were injured as police opened fired to disperse the crowd, while a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan was also hurt, officials added.

The arson followed clashes between protesters and security forces over demands to evict alleged encroachers from protected grazing lands. Several houses, shops and public properties were vandalised or torched in parts of Kheroni and nearby areas as the situa...