Adivasi and tea tribes students organisations today gheraoed the Dhekiajuli police station in Assam's Sonitpur district after a man picked up by the police patrol party deployed in anti-insurgency operation died.
According to an FIR filed in the police station by the family members, Monglu Porza of Panbari village was picked up by a police patrol party deployed for anti-insurgency operation in the area last night after a case filed against him.
The FIR claimed that the man was seriously ill and was kept the whole night with the police patrol party, which was busy in anti-insurgency operation instead of being taken to the police station.
It also alleged that he was tortured and when he fainted, was rushed to hospital and died there.
Condemning the incident as a case of human rights violation, All Adivasi Students Association of Assam (AASAA) and Assam Tea Tribes Students Association (ATTSA) demanded a fair probe into the incident and exemplary punishment to the police personnel allegedly involved with the case.
Sonitpur Superintendent of police Sanjukta Parashar said a case has been registered on the basis of the FIR and investigation is on.
