Assam minister threatens legal action against IT dept for traumatizing son
Guwahati: Assam agriculture minister Rakibul Hussain here on Sunday accused the Income Tax sleuths and expenditure observer of the Election Commission of India of traumatising his minor son during an alleged politically motivated raid and search in his residence on Thursday.
Narrating the event as to how his minor son was taken one room to other during the search by IT sleuths, Hussain said, “My minor son has not been able to sleep properly. The incident has created a fear-psychosis in his behaviour.”
Accusing it a politically motivated raid, Hussain said, “It was amusing to see that IT raid conducted in presence of expenditure observer of the Elections Commission of India took the signature of an officer of the Assam government accompanying the observer on duty as witness.”
Pointing out the high-handed behaviour of the expenditure observer who personally supervised the search of IT sleuths, Hussain said, “I have decided to take a legal course against the officers involved in the conspiracy with some BJP leaders.”
The Election Commission of India however on Friday withdrew its expenditure observer Raghavendra Singh from his duties in Kamrup (metro) election district, who led the income tax department's search operations at the residence of agriculture minister Rakibul Hussain on Wednesday.
The commission said that the observer had "transgressed his jurisdiction by reaching at the spot himself and acted against the instructions of the Election Commission. The commission has also ordered departmental action against Singh, who is an officer of Indian Customs and Central Excise of Gujarat cadre. The commission also claimed that the income tax department carried out the search operation independently.
Hussain said, “Some of our old colleagues are not happy with ruling Congress party and me. I want to tell them that they are free to settle their score with me but don’t drag my family into it.”
Hussain also pointed out various flaws in EC raid, which was converted into an IT raids later on.
