Rangiya (Assam), March 26 2009: The police arrested 26 Congress supporters along with the Rangiya block Congress president for allegedly assaulting a government officer and ransacking his office in Assam's Kamrup (rural) district yesterday.

The Congress supporters, led by block president Mrinal Deka, ransacked the office of Rangiya Block Development Officer (BDO) P C Burman and assaulted him and two other staff members of the office, the BDO alleged.

An FIR has been filed against the Congress workers, including Deka and they have been taken into custody, police sources said.

Deka, however, alleged that they had gone to discuss the progress of some schemes with the BDO but he misbehaved with them.