From Our Correspondent
Guwahati: Noted RTI activist and secretary general of Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), Akhil Gogoi was seriously injured when he was allegedly assaulted by a group of Youth Congress members at Chamota in flood-affected Nalbari district of Assam on Friday. The KMSS leader, who also spearheads the movement against mega dam in Assam, was on way to call on some flood-hit people in the area when goons coming on motorcycles pounced upon his hired vehicle and beaten him up black and blue. He had received serious injuries in the waist and head before he was rescued by local villagers. He was rushed to Nalbari Civil Hospital by the people. A few journalists travelling with Akhil Gogoi too were manhandled, some video camera belonging to journalists were broken. Akhil Gogoi later speaking to media from his hospital bed alleged that the attack on him was carried out by about 15 Youth Congress members.
