Violence in Assam and Tripura over the new citizenship law ebbed on Friday after 72 hours of mayhem on the streets even as new pockets of unrest emerged in Bengal, Delhi, parts of western UP and Kerala.

As the shifting sands of the agitation against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, kept the Union government guessing, the All Assam Students' Union (Aasu) appeared to set the tone for more organised and less disruptive protests in Guwahati, where it had all started last Monday.

Violence in Assam and Tripura over the new citizenship law ebbed on Friday after 72 hours of mayhem on the streets even as new pockets of unrest emerged in Bengal, Delhi, parts of western UP and Kerala.

As the shifting sands of the agitation against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, kept the Union government guessing, the All Assam Students' Union (Aasu) appeared to set the tone for more organised and less disruptive protests in Guwahati, where it had all started last Monday.