Rajiv Sharma by way of a sequence of experiences had uncovered cattle smuggling scams.
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 dying because of cardiac arrest.
Rajiv Sharma, who’s the overall secretary of Dhubri Press Club 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 along with his 64-year-old father, Sudhin Sharma.
Rajiv Sharma by way of a sequence of experiences 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 useless when he returned to his home.
He carried out the funeral of his father at Gauripur cremation floor within the presence of plenty of journalists and family members on Thursday night.
Yuvraj, by way of an official notification from the state Home Affairs division, was transferred after the police had been severely criticised for the therapy meted out to the accused.
The Guwahati Press Club, in the meantime, has termed the incident as unlucky and has demanded intervention of Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal.
“We want the CM to intervene and ensure that Mr Sharma is not harassed in the name of investigation,” president Manoj Kumar Nath and secretary Sanjay Ray of the press membership mentioned 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 idea of fabricated information relating to his involvement in a cattle smuggling syndicate.
The Assam Police have handed over the case to the state Criminal Investigation Department.