Days after Assam journalist Dilwar Hussain Majumdar got bail in two cases, his elder brother Taiyabur Rahman Majumdar was arrested in a separate case. Dilawar, a journalist with digital media portal The CrossCurrents , was released from the Guwahati Central Jail on Saturday evening. He was booked in separate complaints by a security guard and the managing director of the Assam Co-operative Apex Bank (ACAB) for covering a protest against the bank. The bank is run under the direction of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and is headed by BJP MLA Biswajit Phukan.
Old charges against Taibur, case registered again
Taibur Rahman Majumdar, a teacher at a government school in Hojai district, was arrested late Monday night. According to the police, a new case was registered against him at Hojai police station on the same day. Station in-charge Dandhar Choudhary said that he has been charged with fraud and breach of trust, which are related to recent crimes. Earlier, in 2021 too, he was arrested during the action taken by the Assam government against brokers in land offices.
CM Sarma’s statement – Serious allegations against the family
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma spoke openly on the matter at an event on Tuesday. He said, “Dilwar Hussain’s brother is an established mati dalal (land broker). He was arrested in 2021 and a chargesheet was filed against him. Despite this, he was teaching in school, the government did not even suspend him. This means that they were doing such things even while being within the government.” Sarma further alleged that Dilwar Hussain himself is also a dumper businessman and has no journalistic qualifications. He claimed that the family is known as land brokers in the entire Hojai district.
“BJP’s aim is to eliminate such people” – Sarma
After Dilawar was granted bail, Chief Minister Sarma said, “If a Dilawar says that there are irregularities in the bank, does it mean that there is a problem in the bank? A dying bank has become successful today, it has ATMs and new technology, but Dilawar has no knowledge of these things. The misfortune of Assam is that people believe what Dilawar says. We are against such people. The BJP was founded to eliminate such people… It is my job to legally eliminate people like Dilawar and Mahbubul (Chancellor of USTM).” Sarma’s statement has created a stir in political circles, where it is being described as questioning the freedom of the media.
