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New Delhi: Tension prevailed in Arunachal Pradesh’s Pasighat on Saturday (October 24) and shops in the town stayed closed, a day after security forces and protesters agitating against a proposed mega-dam in the state clashed there.

Activist Ebo Mili and youth leader Otul Jerang surrendered to the police on Saturday to signal their condemnation of the violence and to appeal to young protesters to remain peaceful.

The violence broke out in Pasighat late on Friday towards the end of a 12-hour bandh call against the controversial Siang Upper Megapurpose Project (SUMP) dam, when security forces used stun grenades and tear gas, and protesters indulged in arson and vandalism.

Protesters initially set fire to six police vehicles as well as to the National........

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