Rina was shot at by three gunmen on the evening of 15 July 2012, outside the
Itanagar office of
The Arunachal Times. She was immediately taken to the nearby Rama Krishna Mission Hospital, where the doctors' prognosis revealed that she had sustained serious injuries to her intestines and spinal cord, and she was rushed into surgery. After repeated demands from the press, the state's police department handed over the case to the
Central Bureau of Investigation, which turned it down. More than a year later, the police identified one Yumlang Achung as having planned the attack. His accomplices, Ajit Pegu and Raju Gurung revealed that they were upset at Rina for not reporting about Achung or his group's activities in her newspaper. Achung was later arrested and released, and Rina recovered from her injuries, as the bullet had simply grazed her spinal cord. == Awards and accolades ==