GUWAHATI: Congress leader of opposition in the state legislative assembly Debabrata Saikia has written to governor Jagdish Mukhi to instruct the state government for initiating a CID probe into an “act of negligence by Dibrugrah police”, which resulted in the alleged suicide of a noted animal rights activist of Dibrugarh town.

“I would like to inform you that about two days back, a noted animal rights activist Vineet Bagaria from Dibrugarh choose the path of suicide due to death threats from two individuals from Dibrugarh itself. After a shocking revelation, we came to know that the gravity of the threats he was facing had already been informed to Dibrugarh Police through a letter dated 05/07/2022 by his father Kailash Bagaria. But with severe delay in appropriate action, Dibrugarh Police did not even register an FIR regarding the matter,” Saikia stated in his letter.

He added, “Providing the police administration acted on time, a promising youth could have been saved from an untimely death. This is a serious case of lapse of timely action and utter showcase of irresponsibility by the Officer In-Charge of Dibrugarh Police Station. As such, I would like to request you to give directions to Assam Government to initiate a CID investigation as a sou moto case against the Dibrugarh District Police regarding their negligence which has resulted in such an unfortunate incident.” TNN

Published on: The Times of India