Chief Secretary Lalnunmawia Chuango said on Sunday that the Mizoram government is ready to withdraw the FIR lodged against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. He said that even Chief Minister Zoramthanga did not approve the inclusion of Sarma’s name in the FIR.
“In fact, our Chief Minister did not approve of mentioning the name of the Chief Minister of Assam in the FIR. He suggested to me that we should look into it.
“I will discuss with the police officer who lodged the FIR, and if there is no legal fit, we would like to remove the name of the Chief Minister of Assam from the FIR,” he said. A criminal case was registered against Sarma. However, the chief secretary did not mention whether the cases registered against six Assam officials and 200 unidentified police personnel would be withdrawn.
The Mizoram Police has booked Sarma, four senior Assam Police officers and two officers on various charges including ‘attempt to murder’, ‘criminal conspiracy’ and ‘assault’. An FIR was lodged at Vairengte police station by its in-charge officer Lalchavimawiya on July 26, soon after a violent clash with the Assam Police.
At least seven people from Assam, including six policemen, were killed in the violence amid a border dispute between the two northeastern states. The four senior Assam police officers named in the FIR are Inspector General of Police (IGP) Anurag Agarwal, Cachar Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Devjyoti Mukherjee, Cachar Superintendent of Police Chandrakant Nimbalkar and Officer-in-Charge of Dholai police station Sahab. Uddin.
A case has also been registered against Cachar Deputy Commissioner Kirti Jalli and Cachar Divisional Forest Officer Sunnydev Chaudhary. Apart from this, Mizoram Police has also registered criminal cases against 200 unidentified personnel of Assam Police.
Four senior Assam Police officers and two officers have been asked to appear before the investigating officer at Vairengte police station on Sunday. Meanwhile, the Assam Police on Sunday summoned six other officials including Mizoram Rajya Sabha MP K Vanlalvena and Kolasib Deputy Commissioner H Lalthalangliana and Superintendent of Police Vanlalphaka Ralte for questioning.
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