Nagaon, Nov 11: The police in Assam's Samaguri arrested an individual following intensive operations at the behest of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over a recent incident of violence in which several media persons were injured.

The arrested person has been identified as Taher Uddin. Meanwhile, three others, suspected of involvement in the incident, are on the run along with their families, sources said.

Over 100 journalists of Nagaon and Samaguri today staged a sit-in protest in front of Samaguri Police Station, condemning the assault on three journalists by the Congress workers while covering a firing incident at Muriputhikhati area under Samaguri Police Station.

The journalists, Nilutpal Bora, Nava Baruah, and others, were attacked by some Congress workers there while covering the incident. The Congress supporters also attempted to damage a video camera belonging to them, they alleged.

The Journalists' Union of Assam and All Assam Journalists' Union demanded immediate arrest of the attackers involved in the incident. A complaint was filed at the Samaguri Police Station in connection with the incident, sources added here. Independent candidate found unconscious: Musabbir Ali Ahmed, an independent candidate for the Samaguri Assembly bye-election, was found in an unconscious state with multiple injuries near Katimari Grant in Nagaon here today. Sources claimed that he was immediately admitted to a local hospital in Nagaon town by his family members.

According to sources, he (Musabbir) was badly beaten up by a group of people during an election meeting.

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