Guwahati: On Sunday, the Gauhati High Court ordered the Bharalumukh Police Station to file complaints against nine of its own officers.
The court mandated that an investigation be opened against Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ponjit Dowara by Bharalumukh Police.
Additionally, according to the court’s directive, cases must be filed against Inspector Pritam Saikia, Sub-Inspector (SI) Kankan Mahanta, SI Afzal Hussain, ASI Sanat Kumar Mudoi, Constable Rajendra Yadav, Jadumoni Nath, Rubul Nath, and Home Guard Babul Ali.
It should be mentioned that the court’s instruction was given in relation to a case involving the inhumane torture of an accused within a police station in 2018.
Manoj Kumar Upadhyay, the complainant, had filed a court complaint alleging that he had been tortured while in custody during a three-day period for a case filed at the Bharalumukh Police Station under Sections 120(B)/294/507/509 of the IPC and Section 67(A) of the Information Technology Act of 2000, case number 344/2018.
The court’s order read, “As no satisfactory response is forthcoming from the State as regards the allegation made by the petitioner of being subjected to torture while in the police custody, we direct that the representations dated 14.6.2018 and 28.6.2018, submitted by the petitioner before the Director General of Police, Assam as well as the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Assam shall be treated as FIR by the Bharalumukh Police Station and police will accordingly shall take appropriate and consequential actions thereon as per law.”