FIR against Assam Police officers for allegedly staging gunfight in Tinsukia
Three men claimed that they were shot at and injured by a senior policeman in December as part of a conspiracy to kill them.
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A first information report was filed against several officers of the Assam Police on Thursday for allegedly staging a gunfight in Tinsukia district in December.
The complaint named Mrinal Deka, the Sadiya superintendent of police at the time, Sub-Inspector Debasis Dekari, Inspector Si-im Sing Timung and former Tinsukia Assistant Superintendent of Police Bibhash Das.
It also mentions the involvement of 10 to 12 unidentified police personnel.
Three men – Dipjyoti Neog, Manuj Buragohain and Biswanath Borgohain – alleged that Deka and the other officers staged the gunfight on the night of December 23.
Neog, Buragohain and Borgohain claimed they were apprehended by members of the Assam Rifles, a central paramilitary force, who suspected them to be members of the banned militant group United Liberation Front of Assam-Independent.
They were then handed over to an Assam Police team led by Deka.
Neog, Buragohain and Borgohain alleged that they were taken to the Hahkhati forest reserve, where they were forced to lie on the ground before Deka shot them in the legs.
The police claimed that one of the men tried to snatch a pistol from an officer. To prevent them from escaping, the officers shot and injured all three men, the Hindustan Times reported, based on the police’s account.
“...It is not true that Dipjyoti tried to snatch the pistol...
