A Foreigner's Tribunal member was beaten up allegedly by a lawyer in Goalpara after he gave an opinion that eight of the advocate's clients were 'foreigners', police said today.
Tribunal member Ajay Kumar Phukan on February nine had given his opinion that eight of 13 'D' (Doubtful) voters presented in his court were 'Foreigners', police said.
The lawyer of the eight persons and some other advocates yesterday had an argument with Phukan in his court premises on the order, beat him up and also broke furniture in the court, they said.
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As the security personnel rushed to arrest them, they managed to flee.
Phukhan filed an FIR with the Goalpara Sadar police station after the attack and police has launched a search operation to apprehend the culprits.
The incident prompted Gauhati High Court Judge Ujjal Bhuyan, Additional Chief Secretary (Home and Political) T Y Das, Director General of Police Mukesh Sahay and Special Additional DGP (Law and Order) Kuladhar Saikia to rush here to take stock of the situation.
"We want to say from the government side that we take this assault on the Member of the Foreigner's Tribunal very seriously," Das told reporters in Guwahati.
"We want to see there is no compromise on the safety of the Members of the Foreigner's Tribunal. It is non negotiable. We will do everything to see the culprits are brought to book," she added.
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