Assam rights panel issues notice on police firing
The Hindu
The police had shot and injured a former student leader in Nagaon on charges of drug peddling
The Assam Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has issued a notice to Chief Secretary Jishnu Barua asking why the State government should not pay compensation to a former student leader shot and injured by the police on charges of drug peddling.
The police in central Assam’s Nagaon had shot Kirti Kamal Bora in the leg on January 22 during an anti-drug operation. The police accused him of drug dealing but members of his family and the local unit of the All Assam Students’ Union said he was framed.
Taking cognisance of the incident two days later, the AHRC said there was a prima facie case of violation of human rights.
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