Tinsukia violence: DGP defends police firing
Defending police firing in Tinsukia, Assam, which led to the fall of a high-voltage wire claiming 10 lives, DGP Mukesh Sahay said the police had no other option but to fire in the air. Claiming that the crowd went out of control, entered the police station and damaged property, Sahay added, "[W]e are still investigating how the wire actually snapped."