Probe Ordered Into Ex ULFA Member's Suicide After Family Alleges Torture
NDTV
Dipankar Gogoi died by suicide, prompting his family to claim that he resorted to this extreme step due to severe police torture.
Ahead of the anticipated peace deal between the pro-talk faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), the Centre, and the state government, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced a high-level inquiry into the death of Dipankar Gogoi, a former member of the anti-talk faction of the group. The Government of Assam will institute an additional Chief Secretary-level inquiry into the death of Mr. Dipankar Gogoi, son of Mr. Khagen Gogoi, from GariKuri Brinasayak Gaon, Titabar on 26/12/23. The inquiry will be concluded within 30 days.
Mr Gogoi's family has alleged that his suicide was a consequence of police torture after he was detained for interrogation in connection with a grenade blast outside an Army camp earlier this month in Assam's Jorhat district.
Mr Gogoi, a resident of Birinasayek village, died by suicide, prompting his family to claim that he resorted to this extreme step due to severe police torture suffered a few days prior.
