Digital Desk: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed that investigators had found possible involvement of the Islamic outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) in the burning down of the Batadrava Police Station in Nagaon district.
Alleging that PFI and its college-level wing, Campus Front of India (CFI), are engaged in activities to "destabilize" Assam, Sarma restated his government's demand to the Centre to ban the two organizations.
The Batadrava Police Station was set on fire on May 21 afternoon by an angry mob following the custodial death of a local fish trader, Safikul Islam (39), who was picked up by police the night before.
"Right from the Gorukhuti, we always see PFI's hand in the communal tension. Even in the latest Batadrava incident, when the Batadrava PS was burnt down, we are now picking up signals of involvement of PFI," he added.
The Assam government had sent a report to the Centre requesting PFI and CFI be banned for their alleged role in inciting people during the Gorukhuti eviction drive in Darrang district in September 2021, when two villagers were shot dead by the police.
Sarma commented, "The Assam government believes that PFI and CFI should be banned. If you go to the Baksa district, the training program and the literature they are distributing to the masses shows that they want to destabilize Assam.
"I hope and trust that the Government of India will give due consideration to the state government's request." When asked if Jihadi elements were behind the attack on Batadrava Police Station, the Chief Minister replied that as the DGP has indicated accordingly, which means there are suggestive clues.
"Whether the clue has been transfigured to evidence, that is difficult for me to ascertain and comment upon right now because I am yet to review the case. By the end of this month, I will visit Batadrava. Then I will come to know," he added.
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