Kokrajhar : Kokrajhar Court issues arrest warrant against IGP Anurag Tankha in connection with the custodial death of an alleged rebel of United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA)
The Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Kokrajhar has issued an arrest warrant against Inspector General of Police, Anurag Tankha in connection with the custodial death of an alleged rebel of United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), 19 years ago.
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Kokrajhar Court issues arrest warrant against IGP Anurag Tankha
The rebel identified as Ananta Roy alias Dwijen Roy died in the year 1999 under the custody of Kokrajhar police. He was allegedly thrashed by IGP Tankha and his two PSOs.
Tankha was serving as the then Additional Superintendent of police (ASP) in Kokrajhar.
Other then the IGP, the other two accused are Prabin Borah and Ram Nagina Raut.
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Kokrajhar Court issues arrest warrant against IGP Anurag Tankha
The court in its hearing mentioned that considering the seriousness of the offence, the case was handed over to CID, Assam for investigation, a final report of which was filed finding the case to be true but failed to obtain prosecution sanction against the three accused.
The CJM further said that from the materials on record “one can easily understand the inhuman circumstances under which the alleged ULFA man died in police custody due to torture.”
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Kokrajhar Court issues arrest warrant against IGP Anurag Tankha
A witness to the torture said in his statement that under Section 164 CrPC, the victim asked for water and complained of illness after being beaten up in the lock-up and he became unconscious as no one came to help him and died soon after.