Uttarakhand CM assured me no one will be spared in Anjel Chakma murder case: Manik Saha

Agartala, Jan 14 (PTI) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Wednesday said his Uttarakhand counterpart Pushkar Singh Dhami has assured him that those involved in the murder of Anjel Chakma will not be spared.

The 24-year-old youth of Tripura’s Unakoti district was seriously injured in an attack by six people at Dehradun on December 9, and he succumbed during treatment on December 26.

Saha, who visited the Chakma family at Nandannagar on the outskirts of Agartala on Wednesday, said the miscreants had first targeted Anjel’s younger brother Micheal Chakma, who is also studying in Dehradun.

“To save his younger brother, Anjel had confronted the miscreants and suffered serious injuries, leading to his death after 17 days at a hospital in Dehradun,” he said.

Terming the incident “very unfortunate and painful”, the chief minister said he had already talked to his Uttarakhand counterpart Pushkar Singh Dhami.

“The Uttarakhand chief minister assured me that those who committed the crime will not be spared. The law will take its own course,” he said, adding that the absconding accused will also be arrested by the police sooner or later.

Of the six accused, five have been arrested while one is absconding.

Said said he is scheduled to travel to Delhi to attend a meeting on January 19 and 20, and the Uttarakhand chief minister is also coming to the national capital at that time.

“During my visit to Delhi, I will talk to him to know the progress in the probe and will also urge him to strengthen the investigation process so that justice can be delivered,” he said.

Saha added Anjel’s father Tarun Kanti Chakma, a BSF jawan presently posted in Manipur, expressed desire to be stationed at BSF’s Tripura Frontier headquarters at Salbagan.

“I told him to write a letter to me, and the government will definitely look into the matter. On their request for a job for Anjel’s younger brother, I told them to submit his bio-data,” he said. PTI PS NN