Lachit Sena leader Shrinkhal Chaliha Re-Arrested, to be Produced at CJM Court Today

Guwahati, January 10, 2020:

Veer Lachit Sena leader Shrinkhal Chaliha has been re-arrested by the police in relation to a fresh case by the Crime Branch and will be produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court at 2 pm today.

Interestingly, Chaliha was already lodged at the Barpeta jail and was produced before the High Court today to hear his bail plea. However, the court reserved the judgment for his bail plea.

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Advocate Rinku Hazarika, who is handling Srinkhal’s case, said, “The court has reserved its judgment on his bail plea. However, he has been re-arrested in a case 1/19 of the Crime Branch for which he will be produced before the CJM court at 2 pm today”.

It may be mentioned here that Shrinkhal Chaliha was arrested by the police from Dibrugarh on December 20 under the case no 30/19. Later, he was charged with case nos. 120B, 121, 121A, 122, 123, 147, 148, 150, 153, 153A, 326, 333, and 353.

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