AHRC pulls up Army for atrocities

GUWAHATI, May 27 – The Assam Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has pulled up the Army over the atrocities committed on innocent people including some office-bearers of the All Assam Students Union (AASU) in Nalbari district and deputed a team of the Commission headed by its SP (Investigation) for an on-the-spot report. The inquiry team will submit its report within a fortnight. It has also issued notice to the Deputy Commissioner, Nalbari, and called for a detailed report on the incident within two weeks. The Commission further forwarded the complain petition of the aggrieved people to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) for consideration of taking cognisance of the allegation of violation of human rights by the Army personnel of the Barama camp in Nalbari district. This is because the Army is not within the purview of the AHRC. Earlier on May 21, the AASU president, Prabin Boro said in his complaint petition that three office-bearers of the AASU’s Dhamdhama unit were called out to the Barama Army camp on May 19 and brutally tortured. The petition also named SY Kolhapuri, an Army officer, as the main person behind the atrocities.