Justice for martyrs families; APCC to file petition in Gauhati High Court

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: Seeking justice for the families of five martyrs of the anti-CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) movement, the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) has decided to move the Gauhati High Court.

Announcing this to the media at the Rajiv Bhawan here on Saturday, APCC president Ripun Bora added, "On December 29, 2019, we approached the Assam Human Rights Commission (AHRC) with a three-fold demand, namely an inquiry from the High Court, compensation of Rs 20 lakh to each of the families of the martyrs, and exemplary punishment of the police personnel involved in the firing incidents. But the State government has implemented a single verdict of the AHRC."

"The Commission had directed the State government, on September 14, 2020, to submit within a month a report of its probe into the shooting incidents, adding that if it fails to do so then to pay interim relief to the families of the martyrs. The Commission said that Rs 3 lakh interim compensation each be given to the families of Abdul Alim and Iswar Nayak; and Rs 2 lakh to Sam Stafford and Dipanjal Das (both minors). Since no post-mortem was done in the case of Dwijendra Panging, the Commission did not give any direction."

Bora added, "However, the State government submitted some unnecessary documents with the AHRC. Hence, we will file a petition in the Gauhati High Court seeking justice for families of the five martyrs of the anti-CAA movement."

He further said, "The APCC collected 20 lakh signatures against the CAA during the last 12 months. We'll submit a memorandum along with the signatures to the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind soon."

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