• 14 Feb 2016
• Hindustan Times (Mumbai)
• Digambar Patowary letters@hindustantimes.com
GUWAHATI: A senior Assam police officer was suspended on Saturday after he posted messages against Muslims on Facebook.
The suspension comes in the midst of increasing politics over the Bangladeshi migrants’ issue as elections approach in the state. Anjan Bora, the deputy superintendent of Police of Karbi Anglong district, allegedly posted messages inciting hatred towards Muslims. Bora has a large numbers of friends on the social networking website and many supported his comment. The DSP vowed to stop ‘Azan’ — the Muslim way of praying — and stated that he killed many from the minority community such as Rafikul Islam, a Congress worker in BTAD (Bodoland Territorial Autonomous Districts) in the state.
The DSP’s controversial posts included: “Jai Sri Ram, Jai Hindustan, Jai jai sri Ram jai hindubhumi. We should join a Muslim free Hindustan”.
Bora’s posts triggered protests across the state. Many demanded his arrest and dismissal from the Assam police service. K Ali, publicity secretary of All Bodoland Minority Students’ Union (ABMSU), filed a case against the DSP at a police station in Bongaigaon district of the state for his alleged inflammatory comments on Facebook. ABMSU has also decided to file multiple cases against the DSP in all four BTAD districts.