Assam Minister Summoned By Police For Allegedly Threatening Journalists

Assam minister Pijush Hazarika, who is contesting from the Jagiroad constituency, had allegedly threatened two journalists for reporting about a controversial campaign speech by his wife.

Assam minister Pijush Hazarika, who allegedly threatened two journalists, has been issued a notice to appear before police and his call recordings have been sent to forensic lab for examination, officials said today. Two cases filed at Jagiroad police station by the journalists have been merged, and Mr Hazarika has been booked under Sections 500 (defamation), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 341 (wrongful restraint) of the IPC. The minister, who is contesting from the Jagiroad constituency where polling took place in the second phase on Thursday, had allegedly threatened the two journalists for reporting about a controversial campaign speech by his wife. "The statements of the journalists were recorded and a notice was issued to the minister in connection with the case. He has been asked to come to Jagiroad PS for recording his statement," Morigaon District Superintendent of Police Nanda Singh Borkala said.