Congress holds Dibrugarh administration responsible for Vineet Bagaria's suicide

Dibrugarh: The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) working president Rana Goswami held Dibrugarh administration responsible for the suicide of animal activist Vineet Bagaria. Addressing a press conference here, Rana Goswami said, "The Dibrugarh police were also equally responsible for the suicide of Vineet Bagaria.

Repeatedly the family of Vineet Bagaria informed the police that they were getting threats but still police didn't take any action against Sanjay Sharma, Baidullah Khan, Nishant Sharma and Izaz Khan. If the police had taken action against them at the right time then, Vineet would have been alive today." "The home department and police were equally responsible for the suicide of Vineet," he added.

Goswami come down heavily on Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for dividing criminals. "Criminals are criminals before law. But Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is only taking the name of Baidullah Khan. He didn't taken the name of the main mastermind, Sanjay Sharma whereas Vineet before his death had recorded a video on his mobile phone which later went viral on social media, where he named Sanjay Sharma as the mastermind of all the happenings," Goswami said.

Vineet Bagaria (32), who was the co-founder of Animal Welfare People, an NGO for stray and abandoned animals, had hung himself to death on July 7 at his Shani Mandir road residence in Dibrugarh town. Vineet's father Kailash Bagaria, who is a chartered accountant, revealed that he had leased out a shop on the ground floor of his residence to Sanjay Sharma 15 years ago. Sharma had later sub-let the shop to Baidullah Khan who opened a motorcycle repairing shop without his permission. The Bagaria family has been trying to evict the property for last several years but the accused had refused to vacate the place.

Baidullah Khan and Nishant Sharma were arrested from the Lumding Railway Station while trying to flee. Another accused in the case, Samsullah Khan was also arrested. All three of them were sent to judicial custody. The main mastermind, Sanjay Sharma and Izaz Khan are still absconding. A case no. 309/22 u/s 306 IPC has been registered by Dibrugarh police.

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