Guwahati, Dec 28: The family members of Dipankar Gogoi alleged that due to the harrasment of police he(Dipankar) took the drastic step.
Talking to reporters, Khagen Gogoi, father of deceased Dipankar Gogoi said, “My son faced harrasment and he could not take the mental pressure and commited suicide. After the Jorhat grenade blast, Dipankar was regularly taken to police station for questioning. He was not involved in the grenade blast case because on that day, he was cooking at home. Every day Dipankar faced mental harrasment and he told us that he could not bear such mental anxiety because he was forcefully dragging in that case,”.
Khagen Gogoi said his son was innocent and nothing to do with the Jorhat blast case but he was dragged into the case.
“For last one week Dipankar was regularly taken to Titabor police station for questioning. After questioning for the whole day, he was dropped mostly during night. He could not bear the mental torture and commited suicide. Police also tortured him during the questioning,” the deceased sister told the media persons.
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Jorhat superintendent of police Mohan Lal Meena said, “Dipankar Gogoi along with another youth Pallav Jyoti Gogoi of Sivsagar joined ULFA-I in 2019 but they were arrested by Assam Rifles in Arunachal Pradesh under Lazu police station and kept in jail for some days. Dipankar was in jail regarding a Titabor police station case. We have called him in Titabor police station for questioning regarding Jorhat grenade lobbing case. Most of the surrendered ULFA-I were called at police station for verification,”.
“We have called Dipankar for interrogation. Our interrogation was done under CCTV. The allegation of mental harrasment which forced him to commit suicide was false,” the Jorhat SP said.
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday ordered a high-level inquiry into the death of a 24-year-old Dipankar Gogoi who allegedly died by suicide on Tuesday, a day after he was questioned by police in connection with the grenade blast outside an Army base in Jorhat district.
Taking to X (formerly Twitter) Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said, “The government of Assam will institute an additional chief secretary-level inquiry into the death of Dipankar Gogoi, son of Khagen Gogoi, from Garikuri Brinasayak Gaon, Titabor on 26/12/23. The inquiry will be concluded within 30 days,”.
The youth was questioned by police in connection with the case for three days from Saturday to Monday, as he was a surrendered cadre of United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (Ulfa-I). His body was found hanging from a tree in a tea garden near his residence at Titabor in Jorhat district on Tuesday.
Earlier, Assam DGP GP Singh ordered an IGP-level probe into Dipankar’s death.
The probe into the incident, including the procedural part, analysing the CCTV footage of the police station, contents of report of medical examination at the time of release after questioning, will be carried out by IGP Eastern Range.
The DGP said Assam Police remains committed to following procedures as laid down by law while taking action against criminal and terrorist activities.
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