Proprietor of daily by Kamrup SP Partha Sarathi Mahanta: Defamation suit filed

GUWAHATI: Superintendent of Police, Kamrup, Partha Sarathi Mahanta on Saturday said he has documented a criminal criticism case and common maligning suit of Rs 100 crore against the owner of Asomiya Pratidin Jayanta Barua and others for distributing, what he stated, a false and created news report as of late referencing his nexus with the supari syndicate.

Mahanta said his better half Indrani Barua who is a senior Assam Police official, has additionally recorded a common criticism suit of Rs 100 crore against Jayanta Barua and others for hauling her name in the supari syndicate news report.

Tending to a question and answer session here on Saturday, Mahanta said the police had enlisted a suo motu case based on the ongoing news report distributed by Asomiya Pratidin and organized a request headed by the OC of Baihata Chariali police headquarters. He said when the police kept in touch with the Pratidin Group looking for specific archives regarding the news thing for leading a reasonable request, the media gathering turned out to be progressively hostile and named the improvement as an assault on the fourth bequest by the police.

“We again issued a suggestion to the Pratidin Group looking for reports. Yet, the reaction that the media house gave was not in congruity with the prerequisites according to Section 91 of the CRPC,” Mahanta stated, including that annoyed with poor reactions from Pratidin Group the police at last moved toward the court. The court has asked the media gathering to participate with the police examination concerning the claimed supari syndicate case.

“We enrolled the suo motu case just based on the news report by Asomiya Pratidin. Be that as it may, rather than collaborating with us the media house has begun assaulting me and my better half by and by. It is totally false news that myself and my better half as of late went to Taj Vivanta Hotel to meet supari syndicate mafia. We went to the lodging to go to two private capacities as invitees,” Mahanta said.

Mahanta said since the news report has censured pictures of him and his significant other in broad daylight, they have no other alternative yet to approach the court to record maligning cases. He said the court has asked the Pratidin Group not to distribute any longer slanderous news against him and his significant other.