Guwahati, Mar 8: A Guwahati Court on Monday directed the police to register a case against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for allegedly saying that the eviction drive carried out in Garukhuti village of Darrang district last year was an “act of revenge”.

On the basis of a petition filed by Congress Lok Sabha MP, Abdul Khaleque, Sarma had stated that the eviction exercise at Gorukhuti in Darang district was a ‘revenge’ for the incidents of 1983, when some youth were killed during the Assam Agitation.

Khaleque had approached the court of Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, alleging police inaction after the Dispur police station did not register an FIR against the Chief Minister.