Assam Police have handed over the case to the state Legal Investigation Division. (Representational)
Assam:
Assam’s Dhubri’s police chief, Yuvraj, has been transferred after the native police had been slammed for arresting a journalist early on Thursday that allegedly led to his father’s loss of life on account of cardiac arrest.
Rajiv Sharma, who’s the overall secretary of Dhubri Press Membership and a regional correspondent for a vernacular information channel, was arrested in reference to an extortion case at round 2 am from his residence, the place he lived together with his 64-year-old father, Sudhin Sharma.
Rajiv Sharma by a sequence of stories had uncovered cattle smuggling scams.
Sudhin Sharma had a cardiac arrest after the arrest. With no assist round, he died alone in his residence.
Journalist Rajiv Sharma was granted an interim bail the identical morning. He discovered his father lifeless when he returned to his home.
He carried out the funeral of his father at Gauripur cremation floor within the presence of quite a few journalists and relations on Thursday night.
Yuvraj, by an official notification from the state House Affairs division, was transferred after the police had been severely criticised for the therapy meted out to the accused.
The Guwahati Press Membership, in the meantime, has termed the incident as unlucky and has demanded intervention of Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal.
“We would like the CM to intervene and make sure that Mr Sharma just isn’t harassed within the identify of investigation,” president Manoj Kumar Nath and secretary Sanjay Ray of the press membership stated in a press release.
Dhubri divisional forest officer (DFO), Biswajit Roy, had alleged Mr Sharma tried to extort Rs eight lakh from him on the premise of fabricated information concerning his involvement in a cattle smuggling syndicate.
The Assam Police have handed over the case to the state Legal Investigation Division.
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