Cong councillor arrested for attack on Akhil.
GUWAHATI: A Congress
councillor was arrested in connection with the attack on RTI activist and
Team Anna member Akhil Gogoi while search was on for five others allegedly
involved in the assault. Meanwhile, the Nalbari district bandh called to
protest against the incident disrupted normal life in the area today.
Congress councillor Tapan Barman was arrested last night while search was
on for five others allegedly involved in the attack on Gogoi when he was
surveying flood damage in Purni village yesterday, police said.
Gogoi, who sustained injury on his face and waist after being attacked by
bamboos and sharp weapons, managed to reach Nalbari Sadar police station.
He alleged that Agriculture Minister Nilamoni Sen Deka, representing
Dharmapur assembly constituency, where the attack took place was behind the
incident and his supporters were involved in his assault.
Gogoi, who is undergoing treatment in the Nalbari Swahid Mukunda Kakati
civil hospital and referred to the Guwahati medical college hospital here,
has refused to leave Nalbari until the five other accused were brought to
book.
The Nalbari district bandh called to protest against the attack affected
normal life in Nalbari town but failed to have impact on other areas of the
district. Shops and business establishments and banks and educational
institutions in the district headquarter town of Nalbari remained closed
but there was no impact on movement of traffic on the national highway.
Gogoi, who is also the General Secretary of Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti
(KMSS), alleged that five Congress workers including Ratul Ali, Khalilur
Rahman, Bhuban Deka and Raju Barman were responsible for the attack, police
said.
He has already lodged an FIR against Congress leader and President of
Dharmapur youth Congress committee Ratul Patowary and five others, they
said.
Two cameras of a scribe who went along with Gogoi to Purni were snatched by
the attackers, he alleged.
The KMSS leader also flayed the role of police and their alleged inaction.
"The culprits should be brought to book within 24 hours", he
demanded.
Police claimed that Gogoi had gone to the village without informing them
which resulted in the incident..
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