Business Standard: Guwahati: Thursday, August 30, 2018.
The Assam Information
Commission has asked the police to provide within 30 days the details of total
number of land grabbing cases reported in different police stations of the city
as such cases have been on the rise.
The commission has been
receiving several Right to Information RTI cases, especially in Guwahati with
allegations of involvement of government functionaries, including those from
revenue department and police.
With a view to
informing the public about the status of implementation of the Assam Land
Grabbing (Prohibition) Act 2010, State Chief Information Commissioner H S Das
has directed the Commissioner of Police, Guwahati to provide certain details in
the police website.
The CIC directed the
Commissioner of Police, Guwahati to provide within 30 days suo motu, through
their website the details of total number of land grabbing cases reported in
different police stations of the city; number of police cases registered;
number of cases presently under investigation.
The number of cases
referred to the Special Tribunal set up for the purpose; number of cases
disposed of by Special Tribunal showing the number of acquittals and number of
convictions since coming into force of the Assam Land Grabbing (Prohibition)
Act, 2010, were also directed to be provided.
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