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Guwahati : A local court in Guwahati on Monday sent the SSP (CID) of Assam police to 14-day judicial custody, who was arrested for leaking the investigation information of the All Assam Students Union (AASU) office in Silapathar on March 6 last.
The investigating team on Monday had produced IPS officer Dr N Rajamarthandan before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate of Kamrup (Metro) after completion of two-day police remand and the court sent the arrested SSP (CID) to 14-day judicial custody.
The 2006-batch IPS officer, who also investigating the multi crore rupees Louis Berger bribery scam in Assam was arrested by the crime branch of Guwahati city police after proving his involvement of leaking the information of investigation process of Silapathar incident.
N Rajamarthandan had provided the information to the general secretary of Nikhil Bharat Bangali Udbastu Samanvay Samiti (NIBBUSS) through RTI, whereas the CID organization was exempted from the RTI Act following the Assam government order issued in 2006.
On the other hand, the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court of Dhemaji had sent NIBBUSS president Subodh Biswas and his aide Subhash Biswas to 14-day judicial custody, who were arrested in connection with the Silapathar incident.
The Dhemaji CJM court also sent NIBBUSS's Assam unit president Sahadev Das and state general secretary Benimadhab Ray to 10-day police custody after police produced them before the court.
Assam police had arrested Sahadev Das and Benimadhab Ray from Siliguri area in West Bengal on April 8 last and taking two-day transit remand after producing them in a local court in Siliguri.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
