Land Grabbing Cases: SIC Seeks details from Police Commissionerate

LAND GRABBING CASES

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Aug 29: The menace of land grabbing in Assam, especially in Guwahati, has come to such a pretty pass that the State Information Commission (SIC) has felt it necessary to ask the Guwahati Police Commissionerate to let the people of the State know details of land grabbing cases though its website.

The Assam Information Commission has been receiving several RTI cases, especially in Guwahati with allegations of involvement of a section of government functionaries, including that of the Revenue Department and the police, in land grabbing incidents. With a view to let the public know the status of implementation of the Assam Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 2010, State Chief Information Commissioner HS Das has directed the Commissioner of Police, Guwahati to provide suo motu details of the total number of land grabbing cases reported in different police stations in Guwahati within 30 days through its official website. Das has also asked the Police Commissionerate to give the break-up of police cases registered on land grabbing; number of such cases currently under investigation, number of such cases referred to the Special Tribunal set up for the purpose; number of cases disposed of by Special Tribunal showing the number of acquittals and the number of convictions since coming into force of the Assam Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act 2010.

According to sources, the Information Commission has decided to review the action taken by the Commissionerate of Police, Guwahati again on September 10, 2018.