Firing over encroachment kills 10 in Assam

Ten CPI(ML) supporters were killed and eight others injured by unidentified people in Assam's Sonitpur district today.

Ten CPI(ML) supporters were killed and eight others injured by unidentified people in Assam's Sonitpur district on Wednesday.

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A group of people from Arunachal Pradesh attacked the CPI(ML) men at Chauldhua under Borgang police station on the inter-state border, about 135 km from Tezpur, leaving 10 dead, deputy commissioner Lalit Gogoi said.

State general secretary of the CPI(ML), Bibek Das, said a team of the party was at the border for the past two months to prevent encroachment by people from Arunachal Pradesh.

Das said the bodies of those killed could not be immediately recovered from the spot because of insufficient number of security personnel and an unmotorable road.