jorhat barring a few incidents the 12hour jorhat district bandh called by all assam tea tribes students association aattsa on tuesday passed off peacefully aattsa called the bandh in protest against the death of a 15yearold student in police firing in the hemali area of jorhat district on sunday night the deceased belongs to the tea tribe community and was identified as sujit nayk thousands of tea garden workers staged protests since the death of the student a mob had also gheraoed the dc and sp seeking punishment for the guilty policemen on monday police on tuesday arrested 12 bandh supporters from different parts of the district almost all business establishments were closed in all parts of the districts during the bandh attendance of employees in government and private offices educational institutions and other workplaces was very thin the transport system was completely paralyzed aattsa assistant general secretary dhiraj gowala said the bandh was total in all parts of the districts although the district administration tried to foil our bandh people of jorhat supported us moreover ajycp and bjp also joined hands with us and demanded the government to address our demands police arrested four activists from mariani six from pulibor and two from jorhat town however they were released later he said the agitation will continue till the arrest of the guilty policemen we have decided to take up rigorous agitation soon unless our demand is fulfilled chief minister tarun gogoi has ordered an inquiry into the incident and directed parliamentary secretary home atuwa munda to personally visit mariani and take stock of the situation he also announced a compensation of rs 5 lakh to the deceaseds family and rs 50000 to the injured besides free medical treatment