Nagaon (Assam): Junmoni Rabha, the lady sub-inspector of Assam Police who was embroiled in a number of controversies, was killed when her automobile collided head-on with a container truck in Nagaon district on early Tuesday, officers mentioned. Rabha, 30, popularly often known as ‘Lady Singham’ or ‘Dabang cop’ after Hindi police films, was alone in her personal automobile and never in uniform. The accident occurred at Sarubhugia village underneath Jakhalabandha police station of Kaliabor Sub-Division. The CID will examine the accident, moreover an extortion case registered towards her hours earlier than the accident. Suspecting foul play, her household demanded an neutral probe into the accident.
“After getting intimation at around 2:30 am, a police patrol party reached the spot and took her to a nearby hospital. Doctors there declared her dead,” Jakhalabandha Police Station Officer-in-Charge Pawan Kalita mentioned.
The container truck, bearing registration variety of Uttar Pradesh, was seized by the police, however the driver fled from the spot after the accident, he added.
Nagaon Superintendent of Police Leena Doley reached the spot within the morning to take inventory of the state of affairs.
The police, nevertheless, haven’t any clue why the SI was going alone in civil garments with none safety in her personal automobile in direction of Upper Assam.
Her members of the family additionally expressed unawareness about her motion. They, nevertheless, suspected foul play and demanded an neutral probe to seek out out the reality behind her loss of life.
Speaking to the media right here, the deceased’s mom Sumitra Rabha alleged that it was a case of pre-planned homicide ?by some unidentified racket”.
She together with Junmoni’s aunt Subarna Bodo appealed to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to conduct an neutral enquiry into the matter and to offer justice to the household by punishing the perpetrators of the “planfully created” accident.
Bodo additional claimed: “On Monday night, a team of higher police officials conducted a raid at Junmoni’s official quarter in Nagaon and seized around Rs 1 lakh. Her mother was also present during the raid.”
She claimed that the seized cash belonged to Junmoni’s mom, who had earned it from her small home-based enterprise of poultry and pig farming.
She appealed to the police to return the cash for performing the rituals of the deceased.
Meanwhile, Assam Director General of Police Gyanendra Pratap Singh mentioned an FIR was registered on Monday towards the now-dead SI at North Lakhimpur Police Station underneath numerous sections of the IPC similar to prison conspiracy, dacoity, theft, try and trigger loss of life, wrongful confinement and extortion.
The FIR was registered primarily based on a grievance by a lady.
He claimed that the police from Lakhimpur and Nagaon districts “took lawful action pursuant to registration of crime”.
“In the wake of request of a fair probe from various sections of society into FIR Number 0183/2023 (the North Lakhimpur case) and death of SI Junmoni Rabha, it has been decided to transfer investigation to CID Assam,” Singh tweeted.
Her physique was cremated in Guwahati after autopsy examination in Nagaon Civil Hospital.
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Rabha, who was the In-Charge of the Morikolong Police Outpost, has been identified for being strict towards criminals however she has been within the information for her alleged involvement in monetary irregularities.
In June final 12 months, she was arrested for alleged corruption in league together with her former beau and was remanded to judicial custody by a court docket in Majuli district, resulting in suspension from the service. The suspension was lifted later and she or he rejoined service.
She was entangled in one other controversy in January 2022 when her telephonic dialog with BJP MLA Amiya Kumar Bhuyan from Bihpuria constituency was leaked.
They have been engaged in an altercation after Rabha had arrested some boatmen for working nation boats with machines fitted illegally and over alleged harassment of the folks of Bhuyan’s constituency by her.
As the leaked audio tape had led to a furore, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had then mentioned that an elected consultant should be given due respect.
