Assam police register five cases against Mamata Banerjee

According to the reports, one each case has been registered against the West Bengal Chief Minister at Geetanagar police station, Pan Bazar police station in Guwahati, Jagiroad police station in Morigaon district, North Lakhimpur police station in Lakhimpur district and Jorhat police station.

The Geetanagar police in Guwahati city registered a case against the West Bengal Chief Minister and eight All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC) MPs, MLAs after an Assam based organisation Assam Public Works lodged an FIR.

The Guwahati city police registered a case (no - 286/18) under sections 20B, 153A and 198 of IPC at Geetanagar police station.

In the FIR copy lodged by Dhrubajyti Talukdar, General Secretary of Assam Public Works stated that,'on 30/07/2018, at around 12-00 (Noon) Smti. Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, organized a press meet wherein she made various statements regarding the publication of the draft NRC Her statements were widely published in various News Channels as well as other form of Media across the entire Country. Those statements were totally communal as she tried to colour the process of NRC in Assam with Bengali versus Assamese which is likely to cause breach of peace and tranquility amongst the two communities residing in Assam as well as threat to the life and liberty of Assamese people residing in West Bengal'.

“Further those statements of Smti. Mamata Banerjee, has created a tense situation and is on the verge of breaking some communal riot amongst Assamese and Bengali people across the State and other parts of the country as well. To the utter surprise, yesterday an eight member delegates namely Sukhendu Shekhar Roy, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, Ratna Dey Nag, Nadimul Haque, Arpita Ghosh, Mamata Thakur, Firhad Hakim and Mahua Moitra landed in Silchar, who had no connection with the process of NRC in Assam, with an intension to aggravate the tense situation created by their party leader Smti. Mamata Banerjee. Despite there being Section 144 in exercise, all the aforesaid eight members created a chaos at the Kumbhirgram Air Port and injured three Police personals namely Champa Das, Partha Shil and Rubirani Das. From the act, conduct and statements of  Smti. Mamata Banerjee along with Sukhendu Shekhar Roy, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, Ratna Dey Nag, Nadimul Haque, Arpita Ghosh, Mamata Thakur, Firhad Hakim and Mahua Moitra, being the MLA’s, MP’s and office bearers of the political party Trinamul Congress, they are attempting to start communal riot, feelings of enmity, hatred which is to be curbed immediately,” stated in the FIR.

Abhijit Sarma, President of Assam Public Works said that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tried to create a disturbing atmosphere over the NRC issue.

“She said that, this NRC process is against the Bengalis, Hindus and Muslims. But the NRC process is going on to identify Indian and non-Indian. Yesterday we had filed a case at Geetanagar police station against Mamata Banerjee and few others,” Abhijit Sarma said.

On the other hand, another case has been registered at Pan Bazar police station in Guwahati following an FIR lodged by a person named Pulin Sarma.

Pranjal Baruah, Officer-in-Charge of Pan Bazar police station said that police have registered a case (no - 466/18) under sections 120B, 153A, 294, 298 and 506 of IPC.

One case has been registered at Jagiroad police station in Morigaon district and Officer-in-Charge Dijen Deka said that, a case (no - 288/18) has been registered under sections 121, 153A of IPC .

Earlier, Assam police had registered a case (no – 832/2018) under sections 120B and 153A of IPC at the North Lakhimpur Sadar police station following a complaint filed by Sudipta Hazarika, General Secretary of Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Parishad (AJYP).

On the other hand, an Assam police constable Rubi Rani Das, who injured in a scuffle with the TMC delegation team at Silchar’s Kumbhirgram airport on Aug 2, has filed an FIR at Udharbond police station on Saturday against seven of the eight members delegation including 6 MPs and one MLA, barring West Bengal minister Firhad Hakim.

A case (no - 177/18) was registered at Udharbond police station under sections 353, 323 and 338 of IPC.

(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)