The Assam government on Tuesday asked the Gauhati High Court to take appropriate inquiry and action against the Nagaon police officers.
According to reports, the police demolished the houses of five people as their police station was set on fire by the men.
The report also said that on May 21, a mob set fire to Batadrava police station in Nagaon, a day after fish trader Safiqul Islam was killed in custody. Islam’s family alleged that the police demanded Tk 10,000 and a duck as a bribe to release him. “We could only carry a duck, so they [the police] beat him to death,” Islam’s wife said.
No criminal law under Indian law had any provision for using excavators and bulldozers to demolish houses, the Gauhati High Court said.
Action will be taken against the police officials within 15 days, the Gauhati High Court added.
