Anjel Chakma murder: Family seeks capital punishment for accused

The family of Anjel Chakma 24 who was killed by miscreants in Dehradun has sought a capital punishment or at least life imprisonment for all the accused involved in the incidentAnjel a finalyear MBA student at a private university in Dehradun was allegedly stabbed to death by some youngsters on December 9 He died on December 26 after being in a hospital for 17 daysHis father Tarun Prasad Chakma a BSF jawan alleged that his son was ldquobrutally attackedrdquo when he tried to defend his brother who was called ldquoChineserdquo by the attackersldquoWe will never get back Anjel but his family wants capital punishment or at least life term imprisonment for those involved in the gruesome murderrdquo said Anjelrsquos maternal uncle Momen Chakma He urged the government to take steps so that people from the Northeast dont face racial hate crimesMomen said ldquoThe people of Machmara irrespective of caste and religion will hold a candle march in memory of Anjel on Tuesday seeking justice for his familyrdquoNHRC issues noticeThe National Human Rights Commission NHRC has issued a notice to the Dehradun district magistrate and the SSP over the allegedly racially charged killing and directed the Dehradun authorities to investigate the allegations and sought an action taken report within seven daysldquoAdditionally the authorities are directed to ensure the safety of the students of the North Eastern region in the entire staterdquo it saidThe NHRC took cognisance under section 12 of the Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 based on a complaint which alleged that the student from the Tripura region was brutally attacked and killed in Dehradun in a ldquoracially motivated incidentrdquoThe complainant alleged that the incident amounts to a ldquoserious violationrdquo of the victimrsquos right to life dignity and equalityPIL in Surpeme CourtA Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking judicial intervention to address the ldquocontinuing constitutional failurerdquo to prevent and respond to racial discrimination and violence against citizens from northeastern states and other frontier regions ldquoThat the present writ petition is being filed seeking issuance of writ under Article 32 of the Constitution seeking issuance of writ in the nature of mandamus order direction or any other appropriate writ for the violation of fundamental rights and thus seeking judicial intervention to address the issue of racial discrimination and violence against Indian citizens from the northeastern states and other frontier regionsrdquo the plea statedIt sought a direction to create a ldquonodal agency or a permanent body or commission or directoraterdquo at the central level as well as at the level of each state where such racial crimes can be reported and redressedMinisters visit Anjelrsquos houseTwo Tripura ministers visited the victimrsquos house at Machmara in Unakoti district and handed over to his family cheques amounting to R912 lakhTripura CM Manik Saha on Tuesday said that his Uttarakhand counterpart Pushkar Singh Dhami assured strict action against the culpritsldquoMoney will not bring back the life of Angel Chakma We strongly condemned the murder of the MBA student I had words with Uttarakhand CM yesterday who assured me of taking stringent steps against the culpritsrdquo Saha told the reportersOf the total six accused five have already been arrested while steps have been taken to arrest the sixth one the chief minister saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever