Gram Rozgar Sahayak allegedly assaulted in Baksa district

A CORRESPONDENT

GORESWAR: Nayanmani Mahanta, Gram Rozgar Sahayak (GRS) of Goreswar Development Block, was allegedly assaulted on Wednesday in his office campus in Baksa district.

Dayal Deka, vice-chairman of Territorial Council Legislative Construction Committee (TCLCC), and Bipul Deka, a Village Council Development Committee (VCDC) member of Baghdova VCDC, visited the BDO office on Wednesday and both leaders allegedly assaulted Nayanmani Mahanta.

Bipul Deka, who is also a contractor, said that an embankment repair work was allotted to him of Puthimari River at Harijora village in 2017-18 at around Rs 20 lakh. He alleged that he had not received the bill even after completion of the work. He alleged that GRS Nayanmani Mahanta had demanded money from him to release the bill.

Nayanmani Mahanta , on the other hand, while talking to this correspondent, said that the contractor did not complete the work and demanded the whole payment. Bipul Deka had allegedly already taken about Rs 13 lakh for the construction work under MNREGA. The contractor demanded his full payment without completing the construction work. Mahanta alleged that when he refused the release the full payment without completion of the work, Dayal Deka and Bipul Deka attacked him. Two separate cases have been filed in Goreswar police station in this connection and police have started investigation.

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