Law and order deteriorating in CM Tarun Gogoi' home district Jorhat

JORHAT: Law and order in the chief minister's home district is deteriorating every day due to short sightedness of top police officers.
Police officers in Jorhat are maintaining an unholy nexus with different criminals for vested interests. As a result, crime cases in the cultural capital of the state is fast growing, said All Assam Students' Union (Aasu), Jorhat district unit.Activists of the organization on Friday formed a human chain in front of the DC's office here in protest against police anarchy.
Aasu has also sent a memorandum addressed to the chief minister regarding the matter and has sought immediate dismissal of Jorhat sadar police station OC. They have also issued an ultimatum of four days to the chief minister to take proper action on it and threatened to take up a massive protest immediately.
Aasu Jorhat district president Biren Saikia said, "Top police officers are maintaining an unholy nexus with criminals and are take bribe. They have failed to protect the lives and property of commoners and arrest the culprits. But all these are happening under the nose of the chief minister and he has turned a blind eye to it. So, we want the chief minister to take action on the matter within four days. Otherwise, we have to take to the streets with more rigorous protest programmes to put pressure on the government.''
Aasu leaders Bijoy Shankar Bordoloi and Bibhubhusan Goswami, in a joint statement, said, "A group of unscrupulous traders regularly supply some illegal arms and drugs from Lakhimpur to Jorhat via Majuli. The traders' group, taking advantage of police inaction, has made Jorhat an important market place for their business during the past few months. But in spite of repeated requests to police to control these illegal activities, no steps have been taken."
According to official records, 952 cases were registered in Sadar police station in 2011 as compared to just 436 in 2009 and 854 in 2010. This year, the number has already crossed 618 and it is expected to touch 1300 by the end of the year.