BREAKING | Bijoy Bania sent to Judicial Custody

Guwahati: The photographer who was arrested for attacking an injured civilian on the eviction ground in Dhalpur In Darrang district has been sent to 14 days of judicial custody.

The photographer identified as Bijoy Bania was seen on video attacking a civilian along with the police personnel. After the disturbing video went viral on social media and outrage was seen among citizens. Following this, an inquiry was announced by the State Government and then Bania was arrested by the CID.

It may be mentioned that videos from the eviction ground in Darrang’s Sipajhar were seen on Thursday where a man was brutally beaten up and then shot dead.

The person killed in police action was identified as Sheikh Forid. He was seen chasing the police with a stick in a visual and then the police in retaliation started to beat him with sticks and batons. The retaliation by the police did not just end with the beating, he was even shot.

Apart from the police, another person was seen attacking the person. The person was identified as Bijoy Bania who is said to be a photographer with the district administration’s office.

People on social media platforms have claimed that the situation in the video did not look like a clash between police and encroacher but it was seen as a lynching scenario.

It may be mentioned that the person killed in the police action was termed to be an encroacher and the police along with the administration had attempted to evict more such people when a clash took place. Several villagers claimed to be encroachers had also attacked the police with sticks as well as other lethal weapons.

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