The bandh began at 5 am today with all shops, business establishments, educational institutions and other commercial organisations remained closed.
The bandh supporters belonging to All Bodoland Minority Students' Union (ABMSU) and All Assam Minority Students' Union (AAMSU) pelted stones at the few plying vehicles and burnt tyres at crossroads.
The bandh is being observed to press for immediate arrest of culprits involved in the killings, Rs 10 lakh compensation to the next of kin of those killed, Rs 5 lakh to the three injured, government jobs to the next of kin of those killed and to ensure the security and rights of the non-Bodos.
Tension prevailed in the Kokrajhar district after two persons were shot dead and three others critically injured by a group of miscreants near Gangia bridge at Antihara on the night of July 6.
