Sarma justifies Assam severe crackdown on drug dealers
The Hindu
State police chief hints at role of NSCN in trafficking in the border State
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday advised his detractors to think of the families drug dealers have destroyed before sympathising with them and The police have since May 10 killed or injured more than 25 alleged criminals, some of them drug traffickers, inviting criticism from Opposition parties and rights activists. “Section 46 of CrPC gives power to the police to shoot in the leg if someone tries to snatch a pistol and flee. There are debates, but before sympathising with the drug dealers one should think about the families they have destroyed, the social damage they have done,” Dr Sarma said before setting fire to a pile of seized drugs, including 3.47 kg heroin, at Sutianala near Diphu.
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