BJP MP KabindraPurkayastha was injured in a lathi-charge by security forcesin Dholai town in Cachar district today.
Official sources said Purkayastha, who is the MP fromSilchar, was holding a protest meeting at Dholai after therecovery of the body of a BJP worker, Swapan Pal, who wasallegedly killed by workers of a rival party last night in themain bazaar area of the town.
BJP workers shouted slogans and threw stones at thepolice.
The police and CRPF personnel lathi-charged them, firedtear gas shells and also fired in the air, the sources said.
Purkayastha, a former union minister, was given first-aidand on his way back to Silchar.
Nine other BJP workers were also injured.