Guwahati: The house of a man who was allegedly involved in the abetment of suicide of an animal activist Vineet Bagaria was demolished in Assam’s Dibrugarh on Tuesday.
Dibrugarh district administration has claimed that Baidulla Khan’s double-storey house was illegally constructed, violating all norms, and he was served notice to vacate the house on July 8.
Dibrugarh Superintendent of Police, Shwetank Mishra told IANS: “We have taken action as per the law.”
On July 7, Bagaria committed suicide at his residence in Dibrugarh town just after recording a video wherein he had accused Baidulla Khan, Sanjay Sharma, Nishant Sharma, and Izaz Khan of physically and mentally harassing him and his family.
It has been alleged that Bageria along with his father had approached the police and district administration with a written complaint against Khan and three others but no action was taken.
The situation, however, changed when Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma visited the house of Bageria and expressed deep sorrow over the family’s loss.
The Chief Minister also pulled up the Superintendent of Police and Deputy Commissioner in this case. Sarma was also heard pronouncing the accused Baidulla Khan’s name several times.
Following that, the Special DGP (law & order) of Assam police, G.P. Singh went to Bageria’s house, and also instructed the police to take stern action against the accused. “We will not allow ‘Bahubali’ culture to run in any city of the state,” he told the media.
The police had earlier arrested Baidulla and Sanjay, but the other two are still absconding. One Samsull Khan was also taken into the custody in this case.
Singh said: “The progress of the investigation has been thoroughly discussed and efforts are on to nab the remaining accused person. We have issued ‘Look Out’ notice against them.”
Meanwhile, Dibrugarh Sadar police station officer-in-charge has been transferred.
Notably, in May, the administration in central Assam’s Nagaon district ran bulldozers on the houses of five people who were alleged to be part of a mob that had set afire a police station. The villagers had then accused the police of the custodial death of a local fisherman.
(IANS)
