Youth Congress supporters staged a ‘Dispur gherao’ protest in Guwahati on Friday against the death of party leader Mridul Islam. |Photo credit: ANI
A Congress Assam leader said he was bitten by a policeman during a protest march in Guwahati on Friday (December 20, 2024).
Dozens of MPs marched on Wednesday to protest the death of advocate and party leader Mridul Islam, before scuffles broke out with police. He died of an illness caused by tear gas fired by police during the show “Raj Bhavan Chalo,” which was designed to raise a range of local and national issues.
“The police stopped us on our way to a complex to pay homage to the Islamic saint. An Assam policeman pulled me over,” said Ashwini Kumar Mahanta, the party’s senior spokesperson. , bit me on the shoulder, leaving a scar under the jacket I was wearing.
In an effort to bring justice, Congress shared a video of him narrating the incident and showing where he was “bitten”. Mr Mahanta said he knew the officer but could not remember his name.
After the incident, he and several other Congress leaders were taken to a hockey rink and detained.
“After repeated requests, the police took me to the hospital. The doctor prescribed medicine and injections. I asked the police to buy medicine because one of the medicines caused me pain. Instead of giving me medicine, they took me Taken back to the place where they were detained,” Mr Mahanta said.
Police have not responded to his accusation. Senior police officers did not respond to calls or messages.
The detained Congress leaders include the party’s national president Bhupan Kumar Bora. Youth Congress national president Uday Bhanu Chib was taken into “preventive detention” at the hotel where he was staying. Party members gathered outside the hotel said he was not allowed to go out for more than 16 hours.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma lashed out at the Congress for trying to create unrest in Guwahati.
“For the past few days, the Congress has been trying to create a situation where the police are forced to shoot. Two or three leaders of the Congress party are engaged in a competition to become a bigger leader and in this competition, they Blackmailed the people of Guwahati,” he told reporters.
“The agitation of political parties should be in the electoral box [EVMs]. them [Congress] Want to cause riots but we will not allow that to happen,” he said.
Published – December 20, 2024, 9:21 pm (IST)