Thursday, May 2, 2024

Topic: Assam police

2 Muslims killed in Assam Police firing week after their arrest by UP Police

Two Muslim men Akbar Banjara and Salman Banjara, both residents of Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut city were killed in an alleged gunfight in Assam’s Kokrajhar district on Tuesday.

Two rape accused, a Muslim and an Adivasi killed in police firing in Assam in 24 hours

Two men, a Muslim youth and an Adivasi youth who were accused of raping two minor girls in two separate incidents in Assam were gunned down by police on Tuesday.

Present details of all police killings since BJP came to power in Assam: Gauhati HC

The Gauhati High Court on Monday directed the Assam government to present case details of all "alleged" encounter killings since the Bharatiya Janata Party came to power in May. The court was hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea moved before it seeking an independent probe into the alleged fake encounters of the Assam Police.

Assam police killed 31 men in 8 months, 14 were Muslims

Since May this year, soon after BJP's Himanta Biswa Sarma took over as chief minister of Assam, at least 31 men have been killed while in police custody or in alleged shootouts with the police.

Assam Police detain 2 journalists booked in Tripura for covering assaults on Muslims

Hours after being booked by Tripura Police while covering anti-Muslim violence in the northeast state,  HW News Network journalists – Samriddhi Sakunia and Swarna Jha – have now been reportedly detained by the Assam police.

Killing Muslims, framing Muslim organisations

Indian political culture evolved through the ages; however, the recent socio-political developments in the subcontinent are severely complex and more dangerous to the various...