India, Dec. 22 -- Prohibitory orders were issued in Assam's Karbi Anglong, and West Karbi Anglong districts on Monday after protesters demanding the eviction of alleged encroachers from protected grazing land clashed with security forces and set an ancestral house of the chief of the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) Tuliram Ronghang.

The arson followed clashes between protesters and security forces. Police said at least four persons - three protesters and a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan - were injured.

Police said several houses, shops and public properties were vandalised or torched in parts of Kheroni and nearby areas as the situation appeared to spiral out of control. The unrest later spread to Dongkamokam, Ronghan...