Assam MLA attacked by land encroachers from Nagaland
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Guwahati, May 27 : An Assam Congress MLA was attacked on Thursday by suspected land encroachers from Nagaland, when the legislator went to the Dissoi Valley Reserve Forest under Mariani Range in Jorhat district.
Congress MLA Rupjyoti Kurmi told the media that land encroachers from Nagaland attacked him when he went to the forest area to enquire about encroachment of Assam s forest land by some people from Nagaland. The Assam police personnel accompanying me, the local residents and my two personal security officers (PSOs) protected me from the attack. The land encroachers started firing as soon as we entered the area. The Assam police personnel and my PSOs retaliated as we narrowly escaped, Kurmi said.
Assam MLA Rupjyoti Kurmi, mediapersons face firing during visit to a village on Nagaland border
Seeing their aggressive nature and not taking any risk, the entire team retreated and ran for safety, an official said.
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JORHAT: Miscreants and alleged land encroachers from Nagaland fired at Congress MLA Rupjyoti Kurmi, his security team and a group of journalists from Assam when they went to visit a village in Dessoi Valley forest in Jorhat district on Thursday, but no one was hurt.
Expressing deep concern over the incident, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma ordered Special DGP (Law and Order) Gyanendra Pratap Singh to rush to the spot and carry out a detailed investigation into the matter.