Ten killed, 8 hurt in attack on CPI (ML) activists in Assam

Ten CPI(ML) supporters were killed and eight others injured by unidentified persons in Assam’s Sonitpur district on Wednesday. The unidentified persons from Arunachal Pradesh attacked the CPI(ML) men at Chauldhua under Borgang police station on the inter-state border, about 135 km from here, leaving ten dead and eight injured, deputy commissioner Lalit Gogoi said. CPI(ML) state general secretary Bibek Das said that a party team was at the border for the last two months to prevent encroachment by people from Arunachal Pradesh.