Assam govt to seek CBI probe into minority student leader killing incident
While taking part in a meeting with the representatives of ABMSU, AMSU and BPF Minority Cell in presence of BTC Chief Hagrama Mohilary at Brahmaputra State Guest House in Guwahati on Thursday evening, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said that, the state government will write to the Centre seeking a CBI probe into the minority student leader killing incident.
“We have already formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the incident,” Sonowal said.
The SIT formed is headed by Deputy Superintendent of Police (Headquarters) Prakash Medhi.
The Assam CM has also asked DGP Mukesh Sahay to submit a report of the incident.
Meanwhile, Assam police arrested the PSO of Lafikul in connection with the killing incident.
The PSO was identified as Jakir Ali.
Earlier, police arrested another person named Antaz Ali from Gossaigaon in connection to the case.
According to the reports, two motorcycle borne unidentified assailants opened fire from an AK-47 rifle at Lafikul at a shop in Titaguri market in Kokrajhar district, while he had gone to buy tiles.
Seriously injured Lafikul was immediately rushed to the hospital, where he was declared brought dead.
In the firing incident, the shopkeeper was also injured and admitted at a hospital.
Meanwhile, the Assam government has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh to Lafikul’s family and Rs 50,000 to the injured person.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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