Unidentified miscreants fires at Congress MLA Rupjyoti Kurmi

Unidentified miscreants fired at Congress legislator Rupjyoti Kurmi at a remote location in Jorhat district.

Guwahati (Assam): Unidentified miscreants on Thursday fired at Congress legislator Rupjyoti Kurmi at a remote location in Assam's Jorhat.

Kurmi, who represents the Mariani constituency in Jorhat district went to Disoi Valley reserve forest on Thursday along with a delegation of local people and officials from the district administration after being informed that suspected people from Nagaland have entered the territory of Assam and established villages there.

However, as the delegation reached the area and was observing the situation, suspected miscreants from the other side fired at the delegation. Kurmi, however, could escape unhurt.

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma expressing concern at the shootout has directed Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), GP Singh, to rush to the spot to take stock of the situation.

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Kurmi said that he had returned last night after attending the Assembly session on hearing reports of the encroachment.

Assam which shares an interstate border with Nagaland in the five districts of Charaideo, Sivasagar, Jorhat, Golaghat and Karbi Anglong in the past two decades has been frequently witnessing skirmishes mostly due to alleged incursions from the Nagaland side, leading to shootouts and killings.

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MLA Kurmi too has been raising the issue of the border row outside and inside the Assembly from time to time.

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