Guwahati: The political temperature in Assam is at its peak these days. The opposition is attacking the shooting of 23 people in police custody after Himanta Biswa Sarma became the CM. Along with this, the Human Rights Commission has also taken cognizance of this issue. Know that the BJP government of Assam is continuously adopting a strict attitude against the criminals. The CM has also warned about this many times, the opposition raised these matters with the governor, claiming that in the last two months, there have been more than 30 encounters in Assam, in which the accused arrested by the police have been injured or killed. . Police killed 10 militants in the month
Let us inform that Himanta Biswa Sarma took charge as CM on 10 May. Since then, the news of 23 people being shot in police custody has come to the fore. Five people have also lost their lives in these. It has been told that the people who were shot were raped, murdered, drug smuggled, He was arrested on charges of robbery and cattle smuggling. These incidents are different from the encounters in which the police killed 10 militants in the last two months.
The opposition has accused the current BJP government of vandalism.
Regarding these matters, the opposition has accused the current BJP government of vandalism. The Human Rights Commission of Assam has also taken cognizance of this issue. However, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma is supporting his strict attitude. On Wednesday and Thursday, he told the assembly that his government would continue to adopt a ‘zero tolerance policy’ towards criminals and that he was ready to face any criticism for it. Even said that I have a clear instruction to the police that they should not break the law, but work within the ambit of the law. You take the strongest possible action and the Assam government will protect you.
The CM had said in a conference of police officers a few days ago that there is nothing wrong in the police firing at criminals trying to escape. It was said that policemen cannot shoot such people on the chest, but it is legal to shoot on the leg.
504 people related to animal smuggling arrested
Himanta Biswa Sarma informed the Vidhan Sabha on Thursday that in the last two months, 504 people related to cattle smuggling have been arrested and four of them were injured in police firing. It also said that the police has tried to treat the accused in the best possible manner so far. He said that it is important to express sympathy with someone. Also, expressing condolences in wrong cases was termed as very dangerous.
The Assam Human Rights Commission had on July 7 demanded an inquiry from the government to clarify the status of the deaths of the accused killed in police firing. Naba Kamal Bora, a member of the commission, had said that according to the reports, all those killed were in custody. He was handcuffed, so we want to know what really happened.
