BJP MP injured in lathi-charge

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.

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