New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju on Friday expressed unhappiness over the handling of probe into the assault on a student from Arunachal Pradesh in Bengaluru, saying investigation was "unsatisfactory".
"Action at the investigating officer level is not satisfactory. I have communicated this to the DGP of Karnataka and Commissioner of Bengaluru Police," he told PTI here.
The Union Minister has been closely following the attack on Higio Gungtey, who hails from Arunachal Pradesh and is a student of Christ University. On March 6 Guntey was allegedly beaten and forced to lick his house owner's shoes for using excessive water.
Rijiju said he was assured of all follow up actions by senior officials of the Karnataka government in the case. The Minister appealed to police forces of all states to be more prompt in taking action if there is any incident of attack on people from Northeast in any part of the country.
There have been protests by students from the Northeast in different parts of the country against the attack on the student from Arunachal Pradesh.
Arunachal CM writes to Siddaramaiah
Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu has written to his Karnataka counterpart Siddaramaiah requesting his personal intervention in punishing the culprit who assaulted Gungtey.
In his letter written on Thursday, Khandu noted that though several charges were filed against the culprit – one Hemanth Kumar, a lawyer by profession – he managed to obtain anticipatory bail, an official communique said here on Friday.
The CM drew attention to the fact that every year, thousands of students from Arunachal Pradesh come to Karnataka, particularly Bengaluru, for higher education. He said if the culprit responsible for assaulting Gungtey is punished it would set an example to thwart similar incidents in the future.
