Mob attacks police, goverment official injured in Assam's Sonapur Kachutali

Kamrup Metropolitan(Assam) [India], September 12 : Several police personnel and a government official were injured after a mob allegedly attacked them at Sonapur Kachutali area in Assam's Kamrup (Metro) district on Thursday when a team of government officials and police went to the area to conduct an assessment of eviction drive.
Police resorted to blank firing shots to control the mob.

Nitul Khataniar, Circle Officer of Sonapur Revenue Circle, who was also injured in the mob attack, told ANI over phone that, when they reached the spot, around 1500 people gheraoed them from two sides and started pelting stones and attacked the team.
"In the last two days we conducted an eviction drive at that area against the illegal encroachers, but the entire drive was conducted peacefully. Today we had gone to that area to conduct assessment. But around 1500 people gheraoed us from two sides and started pelting stones. The mob was equipped with bamboo sticks, sharp weapons also. Several vehicles were damaged in this incident. Several police personnel and I also injured," Nitul Khataniar said.
He further said that, additional security forces have been deployed in the area to maintain the law and order situation.
Earlier, the Kamrup (Metro) district administration had conducted an eviction drive in that area against the illegal encroachers.