Assam: Businessman alleges extortion, says police threatened to kill him, slap ‘jihadi link’

A Muslim businessman Rabiul Islam was detained by the Banjali district police and threatened to pay Rs 2.5 crore. Islam alleged that the cops threatened to kill him in an “encounter” and would justify his killing by accusing him of having “links with Pakistani and Bangladeshi jihadi elements”. The Assam Crime Investigation Department has arrested nine people, including an IPS officer and five other policemen, in response to allegations of Raibul Islam that they were trying to extort money from him, threatening him with a staged encounter. The arrestees include Siddhartha Buragohan, a 2014 batch IPS officer, Deputy Superintendent of Police (HQ), Pushkal Gogoi, Additional Superintendent of Police Gayatri Sonowal, her husband Subhas Chander, Sub-Inspector Debajit Giri, and constable Injamamul Hassan, Kishore Baruah, and police drivers Nabir Ahmed and Dipjoy Kalita.