SILCHAR, Aug 14: Hailakandi district Tribal Sangha, an organization of Reang tribes, has called a 12-hour Barak bandh on August 18 in protest against ‘motivated failure’ of the Karimganj Police to book the miscreants involved in the incident of manhandling Panchuram Reang, a surrendered militant of the United Barak Valley Liberation Front, a Reang militant outfit, in Ramkrishnanagar recently.
Sources said Panchuram was beaten by the local people of Ramkrishnanagar last week for allegedly taking snaps of school girls. He was later handed over to the police who released him after a group of local Congress leaders intervened. But, the tribes of South Hailakandi urged the Karimganj Police administration to book the miscreants within 48 hours, which expired on Tuesday. Sources added Panchuram had surrendered himself to the Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi last year and had subsequently joined the Congress.
On the other hand, the BJP in Ramkrishnanagar alleged that police had freed Panchuram under the pressure of Excise Minister Gautam Roy, who took the initiative to make the surrendered militant the deputy chairman of the tribal cell of Hailakandi Congress.
The Tribal Sangha emergent meeting was attended by the Congress Tribal cell chief Dhanmadhan Chakma, ST Board chairman Purbajoy Reang, Sabhir Ahmed of Samaj Unnayan Sangtha and others. All the speakers alleged that the attack on Panchuram Reang and his friend Taybur Rahman was a conspiracy.
Panchuram had earlier told that the incident was the outcome of some misunderstanding. He said his friend Rahman was searching his cell phone in front of a pan stall when suddenly a group of youths came and alleged that he was taking snaps of girls of the nearby school and started to beat up Rahman. On seeing this, Panchuram jumped to save him but he himself got beaten in the process. THE SENTINEL
Sources said Panchuram was beaten by the local people of Ramkrishnanagar last week for allegedly taking snaps of school girls. He was later handed over to the police who released him after a group of local Congress leaders intervened. But, the tribes of South Hailakandi urged the Karimganj Police administration to book the miscreants within 48 hours, which expired on Tuesday. Sources added Panchuram had surrendered himself to the Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi last year and had subsequently joined the Congress.
On the other hand, the BJP in Ramkrishnanagar alleged that police had freed Panchuram under the pressure of Excise Minister Gautam Roy, who took the initiative to make the surrendered militant the deputy chairman of the tribal cell of Hailakandi Congress.
The Tribal Sangha emergent meeting was attended by the Congress Tribal cell chief Dhanmadhan Chakma, ST Board chairman Purbajoy Reang, Sabhir Ahmed of Samaj Unnayan Sangtha and others. All the speakers alleged that the attack on Panchuram Reang and his friend Taybur Rahman was a conspiracy.
Panchuram had earlier told that the incident was the outcome of some misunderstanding. He said his friend Rahman was searching his cell phone in front of a pan stall when suddenly a group of youths came and alleged that he was taking snaps of girls of the nearby school and started to beat up Rahman. On seeing this, Panchuram jumped to save him but he himself got beaten in the process. THE SENTINEL
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