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Information leak: Suspended SSP (CID) grilled by top Assam cops

| | Apr 07, 2017, at 04:30 am
Guwahati, Apr 6 (IBNS): The sleuths of Assam police on Thursday grilled the suspended Special Superintendent of Police (CID) who allegedly leaked information of the investigation process of the All Assam Students Union (AASU) office in Silapathar on March 6.

Guwahati city police commissioner Hiren Nath and other top officials on Thursday interrogated SSP (CID) Dr N Rajamarthandan for several hours at the CID office in Guwahati, who was suspended by the state government.

Nath said that, R Rajamarthandan has committed his illegal activities and investigation is going on.

The SSP (CID) provided investigation process information of the Silapathar case to the secretary of Nikhil Bharat Bangali Udbastu Samanvay Samiti (NIBBUSS) through RTI.

Assam police have already arrested mastermind of the incident Subodh Biswas who is the national president of NIBBUSS.

The Assam government hadd already notified that, the CID organization is exempted from providing information under RTI Act as per government notification no PLA.384/2005/54 dated March 8, 2006 and no details of investigation can be divulged to anyone without the permission of the competent court.

Meanwhile, the advocate of NIBBUSS has filed a bail petition of Subodh Biswas before the Gauhati High Court.

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)

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