Guwahati, Oct. 23 -- Police shut the entrance gate of the Guwahati Press Club on Thursday (October 23), preventing protesters from leaving the premises as they raised slogans demanding the scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and completion of Assam's pending National Register of Citizens (NRC) process.

The incident occurred after a protest meeting organised by the civil society group Forum for Social Harmony-Nagarik Udyog in response to a nationwide call by 'People Against SIR' to demand the withdrawal of the electoral roll revision exercise.

According to the Forum, a large contingent of police personnel was deployed at the Press Club gate when participants attempted to leave the premises while chanting ...