Guwahati: In a new development in the BJP Leader assault case, as many as three students of Cotton University have been arrested by Guwahati Police.
The arrestees identified as Mriganka Kashyap, Hrishikesh Das and Mousum Mahanta.
As per reports, they have been kept in lock-up of Pan Bazar Police Station.
Meanwhile, a number of other university students who were allegedly engaged in the assault case have vanished.
There is a chance that numerous other students will be arrested because the authorities have been attempting to monitor their mobile location.
Interacting with the media, Hrishikesh’s father said, “As a parent, we send our children to study but we do not get any information regarding what they are doing. We ask them what they are doing or how are their studies going on, and they always answer us by saying that it is going well. We have kept them in hostels thinking that they will be under strict vigilance of the university and hostel wardens however, we do not have any idea what is going on inside the hostels.”
“As a citizen I against such kind of incidents. If he is guilty then I am upset with him and if he is not then I don’t have much to say,” he added.
He continued by saying that he doesn’t think Hrishikesh was drunk at the time of the claimed incident.
Notably, a group of at least 30 youths from Guwahati are accused of attacking the general secretary of the BJP’s Guwahati branch with sticks and rods last Saturday night.
The event happened close to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in Guwahati.
The victim BJP leader identified as Bijoy Pathak was beaten black and blue by the youths and had to get 21 stitches on his head.
Speaking to media, Bijoy Pathak said, “I was about to come out of my car to have some tea near the RBI, when three youths came in a bike from the back and rammed into my vehicle. They seemed to be drunk. When I questioned them why they were riding bikes in an inebriated condition? they behaved rudely and called up their friends on phone. Around 30 youths came and started to beat me with rods and sticks.”
The victim then filed a FIR with the police in association with the incident at the Pan Bazar station, alleging that the hooligans were students at one of the city’s prestigious universities.
Reacting to the incident, Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) Mayor, Mrigen Sarania said, “Such kind of hooliganism won’t be tolerated in the city. Every boys and girls wishes to come here in the city to study at the said university, but with such incidents being reported, the university management should immediately take action against the perpetrators.”
Furthermore, Sarania argued that since even the university’s dorm residents are not secure, hooliganism-related students should be expelled right away.
Meanwhile, Gauhati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) Superintendent, Abhijit Sarma said, “A physical assault case was reported near Paltan Bazar railway station. The incident was reported at 12 am in the midnight. The patient was brought to GMCH at around 12.24 am. Patient was attended by Surgery unit and was discharged with ASD with suturing after ortho opinion was taken. The patient again came at around 1.30 pm on Saturday for some more medical tests.”