CPI-M demands reinvestigation of police officer murder case in Tripura

 AGARTALA: The opposition CPI-M on Tuesday demanded a re-investigation of the murder of Tripura police officer Durga Kumar Hrangkhwal, who was killed by the drugs mafia on November 21, 2019. CPI-M Tripura state secretary Jitendra Choudhury said that the shoddy investigation by police caused the acquittal of all seven accused charged with the murder of Sub-Inspector Hrangkhawal, and even the vehicle that had crushed the police officer had not been seized.

The Officer-in-Charge of the Kalamchoura police station under Sepahijala district was given promotion, and the police officers involved in the investigation of the police officer's murder case tried day and night to save the accused from punishment.

The CPI-M leader demanded to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by a Superintendent of Police rank officer to re-investigate the murder of the honest police officer on duty. Hrangkhwal was killed in a run-over incident in November 2019 while he was patrolling on a road along the Bangladesh border against drug smuggling. After a long trial, the Sepahijala District Judge last week acquitted all seven accused due to a lack of evidence and other proof.

Choudhury alleged that the investigating police officers were influenced to derail the investigation at the behest of influential leaders. Meanwhile, the officiating Commandant of the 145th battalion of the Border Security Force, Deepak Kumar Mandal, was also killed after he was hit by a vehicle of cattle smugglers at Belardeppa village along the Bangladesh border in Tripura's same Sepahijala district in October 2017. (IANS)

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