• Veer Lachit Sena Leader Shrinkhal Chaliha gets release from Jail

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    Veer Lachit Sena Leader Shrinkhal Chaliha gets release from Jail

    According to accounts, a police van escorted him to his apartment at 11 p.m. yesterday, after more than 45 days.

    Digital
    Desk:
    Shrinkhal Chaliha, the head of the Veer Lachit Sena, was released from
    jail in Assam's Sivasagar district on Monday night after being imprisoned for
    about a month and a half.



    He was
    re-arrested on May 3 by police near the entrance of Sivasagar district jail
    under the National Security Act (NSA) after obtaining an order from the
    District Chief Judicial Magistrate, just hours after being freed on bail in an
    extortion case.



    According
    to accounts, a police van escorted him to his apartment at 11 p.m. yesterday,
    after more than 45 days.



    It should be noted that Shrinkhal Chaliha was re-arrested under NSA on
    May 3, just hours after being released on bail in an extortion case.



    Chaliha informed the
    reporters following his re-arrest, "I was granted bail by the court after
    the prosecutor couldn't provide any evidence against me." Some top
    officials came to the jail last night and plotted against me. I was arrested
    again today. This is a "democracy murder." This government serves the
    non-Assamese people."



    Chaliha
    was earlier detained in Sivasagar in an extortion and businessman abuse case
    and released on bail. The Chief Judicial Magistrate court in Sivasagar granted
    his bail application.


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