Probe ordered into Cong MLA Rumi assault case Karimganj/Guwahati: A magisterial inquiry has been ordered into the assault on Congress MLA Rumi Nath and her second husband at a Karimganj hotel which sparked off violent protests and bandh in south Assam's Barak Valley.

Karimganj Deputy Commissioner Debeswar Malakar on Monday ordered the inquiry into the incident. The report of the inquiry is to be submitted within 15 days, official sources said.

In another development, three personnel security officers of the MLA were suspended due to dereliction of duty.

"The PSOs had failed to protect Nath and her second husband and had fled from the spot when the mob barged into the hotel where the duo were staying", the sources said. Nath, who represents Borkhola constituency in Cachar, and her second husband were beaten up and injured on Friday night in a hotel in Karimganj by a group of people who were angry over her second marriage without having divorced her first husband....more    
01:04 PM, Jul 02, 2012

Assam: Violence breaks out over assault on Rumi Karimganj/Guwahati: The assault on Congress MLA Rumi Nath sparked off violent protests and a bandh in south Assam's Barak Valley on Sunday as police resorted to lathicharge and apprehended five persons involved in the attack. Tension prevailed for the second day in Barak Valley over the assault of the MLA and her second husband Zakir Hussain as violence was reported from several areas. "Five persons suspected to have been involved...  
08:53 AM, Jul 02, 2012

MLA attack: Prohibitory orders in Assam town New Delhi: Prohibitory orders under Section 144 (joining unlawful assembly armed with deadly weapon) were imposed on Saturday in Karimganj in Assam after Congress MLA from Barak Valley Rumi Nath was beaten up by a hundred-strong mob at a hotel on Friday night. Rumi's personal life has been under the scanner since she left her first husband and two-year-old daughter and remarried. The 33-year-old MLA allegedly converted to Islam for...  
05:24 PM, Jun 30, 2012

Assam MLA beaten up for alleged bigamy New Delhi: Thirty-three-year-old Congress MLA from Barak Valley (Assam) Rumi Nath was on Friday night thrashed by a hundred-strong mob at a Karimganj hotel. Rumi has invited the wrath of various groups for allegedly leaving her first husband and 2-year-old daughter and eloping and marrying her Facebook friend, 28-year-old Zakir Hussain. Rumi had gone to meet her father on Friday when the incident happened. What is even worse is that...  
10:28 AM, Jun 30, 2012

Militant outfit surrenders in hope of a better future Cadres of ULFBV laid down their arms before Assam Chief Minister. ...  
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