Guwahati: A Congress legislator from Upper Assam Rupjyoti Kurmi narrowly escaped after miscreants opened fire targeting him at the Disai Valley Reserve Forest along the Assam-Nagaland border in Jorhat district.
The incident took place when the MLA visited the reserve forest area to take stock of the situation arising following a border dispute between Assam and Nagaland.
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Police sources said the MLA is safe and has been shifted to a protected place by the Assam Police Battalion.
