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  • Assam ‘custodial’ dying: Law enforcement officials imagine thana set afire to break legal data of drug sellers

    By means of Specific Information Carrier

    GUWAHATI: The Assam police are close to sure that Saturday’s assault at the Batadrava police station in Nagaon used to be performed by means of a mob to break legal data of drug sellers, drug addicts, dacoits and so forth.

    In movies that went viral on social media, the assailants can also be observed first atmosphere hearth to recordsdata and paperwork. In any other, a lady is observed pouring gasoline, suspected to be petrol, on a police two-wheeler and any other girl atmosphere hearth to it.

    Nagaon Superintendent of Police Leena Doley instructed newshounds the homes of the accused had been dens of illegal actions they usually had suspicious motion of other folks. She mentioned villagers instructed the police that the accused had legal backgrounds.

    “Something has obviously emerged from our investigation that the incident used to be now not spontaneous however pre-planned. They got here ready to assault the police station and the group of workers,” the SP mentioned.

    “That they had petrol with them. Perhaps, that they had their legal data on the police station they usually concept the data can also be destroyed by means of torching the police station,” she added.

    The police also are probing the jehadi perspective. Not too long ago, six operatives of banned Bangladeshi terror workforce Ansarullah Bangla Group had been arrested from decrease Assam’s Barpeta district.

    The SP mentioned the police asked the Nagaon district management to habits a survey in Batadrava and Dhing spaces to determine if other folks had been “unlawfully” settled there.

    Thus far, six individuals had been arrested for his or her alleged involvement within the assault. They had been produced in an area court docket and it despatched them to five-day police remand.

    The police recovered a hand-made pistol, some are living cartridges of 9mm pistol and psychotropic drug from the homes of one of the vital arrested individuals.

    The mob had set afire the police station and beat up the law enforcement officials after the alleged custodial dying of fish dealer Safiqul Islam.

    The police mentioned Islam used to be delivered to the police station on Friday evening following receipt of a criticism that he used to be inebriated and mendacity on a public highway.

    “He used to be booked after a clinical checkup. The next day to come, he used to be launched and passed over to his spouse. His spouse even gave him some water/meals. Later, he complained of illness and he used to be taken to 2 hospitals. Sadly he used to be declared useless,” Director-Basic of Police Bhaskarjyoti Mahanta mentioned.

    On the other hand, Islam’s spouse alleged the police had demanded Rs 10,000 and a duck however because the circle of relatives may just have enough money just a duck, the police allegedly beat him up and killed him.

  • Assam Police say acutely aware of ULFA(I) declare of killing two of its personal cadres

    By means of PTI

    GUWAHATI: The Assam Police on Saturday stated it was once acutely aware of the rebel team ULFA(I)’s declare of executing two of its personal participants.

    United Liberation Entrance of Asom (Unbiased) claimed to have performed a ‘dying sentence’ in opposition to two of its cadres, Dhanjit Das alias Rupak Asom and Sanjib Sarma alias Rishav Asom, for allegedly spying for presidency companies and instigating different cadres to go away the organisation.

    “We’ve noticed the ULFA (I)’s commentary. It’s the ULFA who’s claiming that they’re spies. We do not wish to remark,” Inspector Basic of Police (Particular Department) Lachit Barua informed journalists.

    The “dying sentence” was once pronounced via the proscribed frame’s “decrease justice council” after the 2 confessed to the costs in opposition to them, an e mail despatched to media homes via the outfit claimed.

    The ULFA(I) has lengthy been suspected of handing down dying penalty to its erring participants regardless that such cases had no longer been showed via the organisation.

    The outfit declared a cessation of hostilities in Would possibly ultimate 12 months, quickly after the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led executive assumed energy in Assam.

  • Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani arrested in a single day by means of Assam Police over tweet

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    AHMEDABAD: Vadgam MLA Jignesh Mevani has been arrested by means of Assam Police from Palanpur Circuit Space past due on Wednesday at 11.30 pm, in line with his crew. Instances had been registered towards Jignesh Mewani in Assam.

    Even supposing the police have now not but given a duplicate of the FIR, it’s not but recognized wherein case Mevani was once arrested. Assets mentioned Assam Police arrested because of a tweet.

    Jignesh was once stored at Palanpur police station and was once then delivered to Ahmedabad by means of highway. From right here has was once flown to Assam.

    After the arrest, Jignesh Mevani advised the media, “I’ve now not been given a duplicate of the FIR, however it is been mentioned I posted a tweet so there’s a case towards me and I’m being arrested. Within the tweet, I appealed for peace. I mentioned peace will have to be maintained as according to the ambience within the nation, as efforts are being made to wreck communal team spirit. I’m shocked that an FIR has been lodged for keeping up peace. This displays the actual image of the federal government. I have not been notified but. It’s not that i am even allowed to speak to circle of relatives. It’s not that i am frightened of any such case.”

    Then again, the Gujarat police supply mentioned, “A case was once registered by means of Assam police after Jignesh tweeted two days again. Below the conspiracy, a case has been registered underneath non-bailable sections like growing enmity between two communities, insulting the neighborhood, hectic the ambience of peace.”

    At 3.30 am, Gujarat Congress state president Jagdish Thakor met Jignesh Mevani at Ahmedabad airport. He mentioned, “The formative years are elevating the voice of the folk strongly towards the BJP executive. At the moment, the dictatorial executive of the BJP is threatening the formative years, however we will be able to now not be afraid to battle.” On the similar time, senior Congress leaders MLA Gyasuddin Sheikh, Imran Khedawala, Dr CJ Chavda, Congress chief Bimal Shah, Ahmedabad town president Nirav Bakshi additionally reached the airport to fulfill Mevani.

  • Assam Police suspends officer for firing at ex-student chief, transfers SP

    Through PTI

    GUWAHATI: After postponing a sub-inspector and disbanding the Anti-Narcotics Squad of Nagaon district, Assam Police on Wednesday shunted SP Anand Mishra out of the district following a probe within the police firing on a former scholar chief, who was once accused of drug peddling, consistent with a notification.

    The overdue evening notification from the state House & Political Division stated Mishra was once transferred with rapid impact.

    “Within the hobby of public provider, Shri Anand Mishra, IPS, Superintendent of Police, Nagaon, is transferred and hooked up to Assam Police Headquarter, Ulubari, till additional orders,” the order issued via House & Political Division Fundamental Secretary Niraj Verma stated.

    It additionally said that the Further SP has been given the transient rate of the SP within the district.

    The police also are within the technique of finishing the forms to switch the ten group of workers of the disbanded squad out of Nagaon district, in keeping with the suggestions of Paban Kumar Borthakur, the state’s Further Leader Secretary who performed the probe.

    “After you have instructions from the House and Political Division, Sub Inspector Pradeep Bania was once suspended the day gone by.

    We additionally disbanded the Anti-Narcotics Squad constituted via the Nagaon SP,” a senior police respectable advised PTI on situation of anonymity.

    In his record, Borthakur had advisable switch of all individuals of the squad and Bania out of Nagaon district in an instant.

    “But even so, we’re making ready all comparable paperwork to shift the case to the CID of Assam Police.

    The federal government directed us to switch the 2 instances filed via Bania and constable Nilkamal Bora to the CID,” the respectable stated.

    He, then again, insisted the suggestions made via Borthakur within the record didn’t imply that police had been at fault.

    The suggestions had been aimed toward facilitating a “loose, truthful and simply probe via a senior respectable”.

    In line with an respectable unencumber on Tuesday, the Assam executive had requested the state’s DGP to reserve behavior of a departmental inquiry via a senior police officer into the position of all policemen concerned within the firing incident which ended in harm to a former scholar chief at Kacholukhowa Tiniali in Nagaon the city.

    The DGP was once additionally requested to make sure security and safety of witnesses and take measures for developing consciousness amongst other folks towards drug abuse.

    Kirti Kamal Bora, who was once purported to had been interested in drug peddling, was once injured in police firing on January 22, the incident opposition events and social teams known as an impact of the present “police jungle raj”.

    They alleged the placement was once worse than the ones prevailing within the Nineties when “secret killings” had been rampant.

    The time period ‘secret killings’ refers back to the extra-judicial killings through which masked gunmen, suspected group of workers of the safety forces, used to kill the kinfolk of ULFA leaders.

    Police, then again, claimed that the previous Nowgong Faculty scholars union normal secretary was once promoting medication and was once shot within the leg after he attacked legislation enforcers.

    Disputing the declare, the influential All Assam Scholars’ Union (AASU) alleged Bora was once fired upon after he protested “under the influence of alcohol policemen” beating up a formative years.

    Dealing with public anger, Leader Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had on January 23 introduced a one-man fee of Borthakur to probe the instances resulting in the police firing.

    The Assam Human Rights Fee (AHRC) took cognizance of the incident by itself, and issued a understand to the state’s leader secretary on January 24, asking why the federal government must now not pay a reimbursement to the injured formative years.

    In response to media studies, the AHRC known as it “prima facie” a case of violation of human rights.

    The Fee has mounted February 28 for the following listening to.

    The Assam executive had claimed in a sworn statement ahead of the Gauhati Prime Courtroom on February 7 that due technique of legislation and all tips issued via the NHRC had been being adopted in all instances of police stumble upon that experience taken position within the state since Would possibly final yr.

    The Assam executive knowledgeable the courtroom that 28 other folks had been killed and 73 others injured in police motion since Would possibly 10 final yr, when Leader Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma assumed rate, until January 28 this yr.

  • Union House Secretary Ajay Bhalla visits Assam’s Duliajan to wait SPs’ convention

    By means of PTI

    NEW DELHI: Union House Secretary Ajay Bhalla visited Assam on Tuesday to wait the second one version of the state’s superintendents of police (SP) convention on the oil township of Duliajan. Bhalla, an Assam-Meghalaya cadre IAS officer of 1984 batch, will have interaction with the district SPs who’ve amassed to check paintings executed within the ultimate six months.

    Assam Leader Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had chaired the inaugural day of the assembly on Monday. Bhalla is predicted to present a motivational speech to the SPs of all districts of Assam about quite a lot of sides of legislation and order and the rustic’s prevailing safety scenario, assets mentioned.

    Duliajan is situated about 50 km from Dibrugarh, the place Bhalla was once the Deputy Commissioner in early Nineteen Nineties.

    Union Minister of State Rameswar Teli, state cupboard ministers Atul Bora and Sanjoy Kishan, leader secretary Jishnu Barua, DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta and senior officials of the Military and air power had attended Monday’s inaugural consultation.