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Lok Sabha polls: Masked Miscreants attack Journalist, BPF members in Kokrajhar

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Guwahati, May 7: Miscreants wearing masks assaulted Bodoland Peoples’ Front (BPF) members and a journalist near the BPF central office in Kokrajhar.

Two BPF members and one journalist sustained injuries during the clash. The BPF members have been undergoing treatment at a hospital.

The voting has been going on peacefully in Kokrajhar since morning, but this untoward incident has shocked the people of the area.

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“We were standing in front of the BPF central office, suddenly seven Bolero vehicles came and 10-15 people wearing masks came out from their vehicles and started assaulting us. Mistakenly, they targeted me, thinking I was also a BPF member,” said the victim journalist.

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The incident happened around 1:30 pm, when people were busy casting votes at their respective voting centers.

Meanwhile, police have launched an investigation, but the miscreants’ identities have not yet been determined.

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