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Journalist attacked

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Guwahati: A journalist was attacked in Kokrajhar on Sunday. The assailants broke into the house of the Kokrajhar reporter of The Telegraph and injured two persons.

According to the reporter's family, four persons — three with their faces covered with black cloth — barged into the house looking for the reporter.

Finding the reporter absent, they ransacked the house and attacked two of his family members. They threatened of dire consequences if the journalist did not stop writing news. A case was registered with the Kokrajhar police. The Kokrajhar District Journalist Association (KDJA) took out a protest rally on Monday demanding security to media persons.

A memorandum was submitted to Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and Governor Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Ajay Singh through the Kokrajhar DC.

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