6 Moran Tribal Organisations Protest over Death of Youth in Assam’s Tinsukia
Guwahati: At least six Moran tribe organisations held a protest blocking national highways in the district on Thursday in response to the death of a youth in Tinsukia district of Assam.
The protesters who were blocking the highways requested that the Pranjal Moran murderers be apprehended and that appropriate legal action be taken against them while also making amends to the victim’s family for their loss.
One of the protestors said, “At first, we want suspension of Officer-in-Charge of Makum Police Station for their inaction that resulted in the death of Pranjal Moran. We want the police to arrest the culprits who brutally killed him and produce them before fast-track court taking strict action against them. Until then we won’t stop from our raising our voice against the issue. We also demand that the deceased’s family receive compensation for their loss within two days. If they do not fulfill our demands then we will take further action such as declaring closure of the entire district until our demands are met.”
Another claimed that the deceased’s father sought assistance at Makum Police Station before Pranjal Moran was killed, but was forced to wait for at least two hours. The protester claimed that if the OC had acted sooner, the youth might not have been brutally murdered after four hours of torturous torture.
He said, “We all condemn the incident. It should be properly investigated taking into consideration all the angles such why the OC or the police didn’t take proper action within time. We would like to warn Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and other officials that if the culprits are not caught then we will stage large scale protests. The district administration, police department, DGP GP Singh should take proper action against the OC as soon as possible and suspend him.”
Notably, eight men beat a 26-year-old man named Pranjal Moran to death in the Rupnagar area of Tinsukia district on Tuesday after an argument.
The body of the deceased was initially placed in a Baleno vehicle’s trunk.
The young man was then viciously attacked by the thugs in front of his older sister after being pulled out of the car’s trunk while still unconscious.
Five people involved to the incident have been detained by Makum police as a result of a FIR that Pranjal Moran’s family filed.
The arrested people have been identified as Nita Tanti of Makum, Gandhinagar, Salil Chautal of Tengapani Tea Estate, Jintu Tanti of Makum, Gandhinagar, Naren Praja of Makum Hebeda village, Kailash Panika of Tengapani Tea Estate. The rest of the accused are currently on the run.