The Assam Government has instituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to enquire into the recent brutal killing of Minority students’ leader Rafiqul Islam even as the Government on Friday sent a letter to the Union Home Ministry recommending a CBI probe into the killing.
A statement issued by the Chief Minister’s Office, said the Government has decided to bring in senior IPS officer Anurag Tankha to lead the SIT.
Tangkha had worked with National Investigating Agency (NIA) on deputation it is under his investigation that the NIA has been able to arrest at least 25 Indian Mujahideen (IM) since 2013.
The SIT was instituted a day after Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal announced that a Special Investigation Team would be formed to carry out an exhaustive investigation into the killing of ABMSU President.