After Madani, two cases registered against a former editor of Assamese daily

Guwahati : After registering eight cases against Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind president Arshad Madani for his controversial provocative remarks on the ongoing updation process of the National Register of Citizens (NRC)and few intellectuals of Assam in different several police stations in the state, three different persons on Saturday had filed two FIRs against a former editor of Assamese dailies and former government official for his outrageous comment.

 

According to the reports, social activist Kamal Kumar Medhi had filed an FIR against Dhirendra Nath Chakraborty at Chandmari police station in Guwahati.

 

Kamal Kumar Medhi said that, he had filed the FIR against Chakraborty for his outrageous and blatantly communal comment which has the potential to promote enimity among the Naga community and Assamese community.

 

“It requires no mention that large number people belonging to the Naga community are residing in Assam and similarly Assamese people are staying in Nagaland for different purposes. Chakraborty had recently made a controversial communal comment during a book release programme held in Guwahati in front of the Assam CM advocated killing of Naga people who are encroaching land belonging to Assam. While encroachment of our land is required to be stopped, such provocative statement will create enmity between Naga and Assamese community people and endanger the life and property of the people,” Kamal Kumar Medhi said.

 

Medhi further said that, the whole purpose behind making such statement to gain political mileage.

 

Two persons named Samar Jyoti Bezbaruah and Monmohan Das had also filed another FIR against Chakraborty on the same allegation at Jalukbari police

station in Guwahati.

 

On the other hand, row over the controversial provocative remarks on the ongoing updation process of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) made by Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind president Arshad Madani is still gripped in Assam.

 

On Saturday, several organizations had staged protest against Madani’s comment and demanded arrest him immediately.

 

On November 13 last, Madani said while attending a seminar organized by Delhi Action Committee for Assam (DACA) held in New Delhi that, Assam will burn, there will be killings and retaliation, if 50 lakh Muslims are left from the updation process of NRC.

 

Meanwhile, the special team of Assam police on Saturday had grilled few persons including the organizers of the seminar in Delhi.

 

A top police official of Assam police said that, the investigating team led by Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Pranjal Bora had seized video footage of the seminar and other materials including invitation cards.

 

Earlier, at least eight cases were registered against Madani and Assamese intellectuals Dr Hiren Gohain, Manjit Mahanta, Haidar Hussain, Apurba

Baruah at different police stations in the state against Madani’s provocative comment on the NRC.

 

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)