A shocking case has been reported from Assam’s Silchar where a minor boy’s body was found hanging at the residence of BJP MP Rajdeep Roy on Saturday. According to Cachar Additional Superintendent of Police Subrata Sen, the body of the 10-year-old boy was found with a cloth wrapped around the neck.      

The police officer said the victim’s mother has been working as a domestic help for the last two and a half years at BJP MP Roy’s home and originally hails from the Dholai area.

BJP leader Rajdeep Roy said that he was informed about the incident. He further said that the minor’s body was found hanging at his residence, following which he was rushed to a hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead.  

The body was sent to Silchar Medical College for post-mortem.

I was informed of an emergency at home and I rushed back. Upon reaching home, I discovered that there was a family in my residence. They were workers and they had two children, a boy studying in Class 5 and a girl in Class 8, BJP MP Rajdeep Roy said.

After some time, I came to know that the young boy had allegedly died by suicide by hanging himself. We immediately informed the police and they took the boy’s body for medical examination. Unfortunately, he was pronounced deceased, he added.

Roy said that when he spoke to Silchar Superintendent of Police, he was informed that the matter appeared to be a case of alleged suicide. Roy said that when this incident happened, he was at the party office. He assured that a police investigation would be conducted as per protocol and guidelines.

The BJP leader also said that the family was residing on the first floor of the building and the deceased boy was well-mannered, he also claimed that he personally enrolled the child in school.  

The BJP MP further said that the body was found inside the locked door when his mother and sister returned home after half an hour.

Himanta Biswa Sarma retracted his statements inside the state Assembly after the Congress filed a breach of privilege complaint against the Assam Chief Minister on Wednesday.

A complaint was filed by Congress Legislature Party with the Principal Secretary of Assam Assembly for Sarma’s remarks during a debate on former Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from Lok Sabha.

Sarma later withdrew his complaint, however, the Congress has not withdrawn its privilege notice and demanded an apology from the Assam CM.

A complaint letter by signed by over 20 Congress MLAs and addressed to the Principal Secretary said: “Today in the House, the Leader of the House Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma has stated that he is aware of the discussion held in the ACLP (Assam Congress Legislature Party) room. Further, he has also stated that some Hon’ble Member of the ACLP has informed him about the decision taken in the CLP meeting held on 28th March, 2023.”

The ACLP said the statement by Sarma was false and hence was bringing a breach of privilege against Leader of the House Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma, while urging the principal secretary to take up the notice for “further action” according to the law.

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Commotion erupted in the Assam Assembly on Wednesday morning after the Congress introduced an Adjournment Motion to discuss the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi from Lok Sabha following his conviction by a Surat court in a 2019 criminal defamation case.

Introducing the notice, Leader of the Opposition Debabrata Saikia said they want to send a resolution to the President of India requesting her to uphold the Constitution as it is the same for every citizen and the executive must act fairly to protect it.

In his reply to the motion, Himanta Sarma said that expressing opinions on judicial matters is unprecedented and claimed he knew that the ACLP had taken a decision last night to “create noise” in the House.

 Replying to the motion, Mr Sarma said, “It’s unprecedented that we’re expressing opinions on a judicial matter here. I know that a decision was taken by Congress Legislature Party last night to create noise here.

Sarma later parts of his claim that someone from the opposition had informed him of the Congress’ plan the previous night.

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The Assam Assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution against the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for releasing and producing the controversial two-part documentary ‘India: The Modi Question’ which questions Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s role in the infamous 2002 Godhra riots and his effect in rise of militant Hindu nationalism in India.

BJP legislator Bhubon Pegu raised the issue through Private Members’ Resolution, claiming that the UK national broadcaster has challenged India’s democratically elected government, judiciary and free press via its “malicious” agenda-driven two-part documentary.

The BJP MLA, while calling the 2002 Gujarat riots as a “spontaneous reaction” to the Godhra train burning, alleged that the “calculated” timing of the contentious documentary revealed it was a deliberate attempt at tarnishing the image of PM Modi and India at a time when G20 meetings are being organized in the country under India’s presidency.

Pegu claimed that BBC cannot “digest” the fact that India has surpassed the UK to become the world’s fifth largest economy and as was trying to defame India, adding that an “international conspiracy” is also being orchestrated against India.

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The saffron party MLA demanded “strictest possible” action against the BBC for its “malicious and dangerous agenda to instigate religious communities and flare religious tension” by airing the documentary.

The resolution was supported by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma who pointed out that that the Supreme Court had given a clean chit to PM Modi after carefully examining all aspects of the 2002 Gujarat riots.

The resolution was opposed by CPI(M) MLA Manoranjan Talukdar who said that the topic of the resolution doesn’t have anything to do with Assam as none of them have even watched the documentary film. He asked if MLA Pegu had watched it and if other members of the assembly could also screen it with the BJP leader.

Talukdar was supported by the Opposition members who then raised a demand to screen the documentary in the House before the resolution could be discussed.

Congress MLA Sherman Ali Ahmed, Independent member Akhil Gogoi and AIUDF legislator Karim Uddin Barbhuiya demanded that Speaker Biswajit Daimary allow screening the piece to understand its content and then have a discussion on the resolution.

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