GUWAHATI, Sept 13 NNN: Perfume baron from Assam and supremo of All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) Badruddin Ajmal’s alleged role in the recent communal clash in Assam will be probed.
After a hearing on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by one Subodhlal Kislari, the Gauhati High Court has sought a probe into the alleged role played by Badruddin Ajmal who is also a Member of Parliament, Lower House.
The central government as well as the Tarun Gogoi government have been directed to submit reports in connection with their findings in 30 days time by a division bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice N Koteswar Singh.
The perfume baron was also accused in the said PIL for the last month’s violence at Azad Maidan in Mumbai.
On learning about the Gauhati High Court’s decision, the AIUDF’s supremo who is currently in the national capital has reportedly said he was never worried on the development saying he was innocent.
Few days ago, leaders of North East Students’ Organisation (NESO) had warned Badruddin Ajmal for his alleged role in the recent communal clashes in Assam. The perfume baron was reportedly in hiding after the warning.
It can be noted here that nearly 5 lakh people were displaced and 97 people got killed in the recent communal clashes in Assam.
Clashes between to communities in Assam started in the midddle of July which had resulted to the exodus of North East people residing in the mainland India mostly from southern cities.
The purported threats on the people of North East by certain groups of people propmted the former to flee their respective work places and study centres from Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad and even from Mumbai.
This exodus episode had compelled the North East Students Organisation (NESO), an umbrella students’ bodies of the region to issue certain ultimatum to the Central government to be implemented.
Rallies and bandhs were called in the seven states of the region by various groups in protest against the alleged discrimination being meted out to the people hailing from this part of the country in mainland Indian cities.
The deputy chief minister of Karnataka had even visited Guwahati and Imphal as a good will mission appealing the people to return to their work places.
Meanwhile, in the last one week no cases of violence or threats were reported pertaining to the present issue anywhere in the country.
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