Guwahati, June 1 -- Reported by Manoj Kumar Ojha

Guwahati: A young leader of the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) was brutally murdered in Assam's Nalbari district on Sunday evening, triggering widespread condemnation and raising fresh concerns over law and order in the region.

The victim, 18-year-old Madhurjya Barman, Assistant General Secretary of the West Nalbari Regional AASU and a resident of Chamata under Mukalmua Police Station, was attacked near Gangapur while travelling on a scooter with his cousin, Mridumudra Deka.

According to reports, Barman had accompanied Deka to Nalbari town to purchase books and was returning to Gangapur when unidentified assailants allegedly ambushed them just a few kilometers from their residence. Arm...