'I've never been so ashamed...': Assam CM pulls up Dibrugarh SP for bizman's death due to mafia, apologises to family

'It was a total failure of the Dibrugarh district administration,' the Assam CM noted after visiting the house of Vineet Bagaria, a 32-year-old businessman, who died by suicide on Thursday, after receiving threats by three persons.

TN National Desk

Updated Jul 10, 2022, 12:21 IST

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma meets family of Vineet Bagaria who died by suicide in Dibrugarh last week

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Dibrugarh: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday pulled up the Dibrugarh SP while apologising to the family of the man who committed suicide due to a mafia in Dibrugarh. "I'm really ashamed. Mafia came here despite your presence(Police). I've never been more ashamed in my life that such an incident could happen when I am serving as the chief minister has hurt me a lot. I apologise to his parents, and the people of the state," he said.

"It was a total failure of the Dibrugarh district administration," the Assam CM noted after visiting the house of Vineet Bagaria, a 32-year-old businessman, who died by suicide on Thursday, after receiving threats by three persons.

Himanta Biswa Sarma further noted that the state government's repeated requests to the police to act as a friend of the public went unheard in this case.

"If police personnel at a place such as Dibrugarh cannot understand our appeal and act according to it, how can we expect those posted in rural areas to even hear our words," Sarma noted.

Notably, Vineet Bagaria, before dying, had recorded a video before killing himself claiming that he was threatened by three people, including the tenant of a shop owned by his family. The Bagaria family had even submitted written complaints at the Dibrugarh police station regarding the threats, but they allegedly did not get a response.

Two of those named Bagaria's video have already been arrested.

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