Lens on 6 cops, 2 home guards sacked in Assam SI death case

GUWAHATI: Based on observations made by CBI, a departmental inquiry is now underway against six Assam police personnel, while two home guards have been dismissed from service over alleged negligence in investigation and attempts to destroy evidence in the Junmoni Rabha death case, police said on Sunday, reports Mukut Das.
The central agency was assigned the case in June last year, after the victim, a woman SI of Assam Police, died in suspicious circumstances in a road accident in Nagaon.At that time, DGP GP Singh, recommended that the case be handed over to CBI to "maintain neutrality of the probe".
Police sources said those facing departmental inquiry include Abhajyoti Rabha, then in charge of Haibargaon police outpost, and Paban Kalita, then OC of Jakhalabandha police station.
On May 16 last year, Rabha, 30, SI at Morikalang police outpost in Nagaon district, was found dead on NH-37 at Jakhalabandha at around 1.45am.Her body was recovered from her private vehicle, with injury marks all over. Initially, it was believed that her vehicle collided with a container truck.