Assam police officer behind D-voter detection passes away
The Hindu
His initiative to weed out ‘illegal immigrants’ from voters’ list led to Assam agitation
A retired IPS officer whose drive to weed out “illegal immigrants” from the voters’ list led to the Assam agitation of 1979-85 passed away on Monday. He was 86. Former Deputy Inspector General of Police, Hiranya Kumar Bhattacharya was suffering from prolonged illness due to old age and breathed his last at a private hospital, members of his family said. Posted as the DIG of the Assam’s Border Police, Mr. Bhattacharya had in the late 1970s found thousands of names in the State’s electoral rolls doubtful and identified them as “illegal immigrants from Bangladesh”. The drive was most intense in areas under the Mangaldoi Lok Sabha constituency where a summary revision of the voters’ list was ordered in April 1979 for conducting a byelection.
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