STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: A trader has lodged a complaint with the Director General of Police (DGP), Assam and the Superintendent of Police (SP), Kamrup alleging that personnel of the Gauripur Outpost illegally seized and burnt a supari-laden truck near the outpost's premises on Thursday night.
Supari trader Dinanath Maurya, who is the proprietor of Om Sai Trading Co based in Rupahi of Nagaon district, claimed in his written complaint that he had hired a truck to transport 350 bags of local Indian supari to a business establishment in Delhi. He stated that he had obtained all valid documents such as consignment note, tax invoice, e-way bill etc., and as per the tax invoice the cost of the supari consignment was Rs 47,22,375.
However, Maurya stated in his complaint, arbitrarily seized the loaded truck from the Brahmaputra Industrial Park near Gauripur and took it to the Gauripur Outpost on February 10. The police personnel refused to give a seizure list.
According to Maurya, he came to know on Friday morning that the supari-laden was set on fire by the police along with another vehicle and the vehicle and its cargo were gutted.
Subsequently, he alleged, the Gauripur Outpost refused to accept an FIR that he sought to file in this regard. He then went to the Changsari Police Station, but they too refused to accept an FIR.
Maurya requested both the DGP and the SP to direct either the Changsari Police Station or the Gauripur Outpost to register a case in connection with the incident and also sought appropriate action against the errant police personnel.
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