Unidentified gunmen attacked the Kokrajhar district correspondent of a Guwahati-based Assamese daily Dainik Janasadharan Dhananjoy Nath and hit him on his head with the butt of a pistol in lower Assam’s Kokrajhar town on Thursday.
Mr Nath, who is also the Secretary of Kokrajhar Press Club, sustained injuries on his head and was treated at a private hospital of the town. The incident took place when he was returning home.
Superintendent of PoliceKokrajhar district, Sunil Kumar told The Hindu that Mr. Nath had told the police that the attackers had hit him on his head with the butt of a pistol.
The SP said that police suspected that it could be a case of extortion as Mr. Nath owned a hardware shop and suspected militants had probably attacked him in a bid to extort money from him. He said that investigation into the incident had already begun and the details were expected to be known in a day or two.
