Will Assam Police succeed in arresting Garga Chatterjee?

The Assam Police team led by DCP (Crime Branch) Barun Purkayastha is still not being able to arrest Garga Chatterjee
Will Assam Police succeed in arresting Garga Chatterjee?

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: The Assam Police team led by DCP (Crime Branch) Barun Purkayastha is still not being able to arrest Garga Chatterjee, a resident of Kolkata who allegedly posted a derogatory statement against Swargadeo Chaolung Sukapha.

After getting direction from Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, the Crime branch has registered a case (10/2020) u/s 153(A) IPC/67 of ITAct.

The team went to Kolkata on Friday to nab Chatterjee and till the time of filing of this report, the arrest was not made.

According to police sources, the West Bengal Police is not cooperating with the team. It is to be mentioned that this is not the first time when a case has been registered against Chatterjee. A total of five cases have already been registered against him in various police stations of the city. According to reports, the cases were registered during the anti-CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) protests for making provocative statements. Notices were issued to Chatterjee to be present in the respective police stations. However, he ignored the orders.

The rest of the cases registered against Chatterjee in Guwahati are - Panbazar PS case No. 862/2019 u/s 153A/153B/511/506 IPC; Panbazar PS Case No 695/19 u/s 153A IPC r/w sec/66 IT Act; Panbazar PS Case No 390/19 u/s 120 B/ 294 A/ 153/153A IPC r/w sec 66 IT Act; Basistha PS Case No 881/19. u/s 120B/294A/153/153A r/w sec/66 IT Act; and Dispur PS case No 1613/19 u/s 120 B/153A IPC r/w sec 66 ITAct.

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