UP: Man injured after 4 passengers attack him with dagger over seat in train, accused held
Mathura (PTI): A pharmaceutical company manager was injured on Wednesday morning after four passengers allegedly attacked him with a dagger after a dispute ensued over a seat in the Sachkhand Superfast Express, police said.
The Government Railway Police (GRP) arrested the accused at Mathura Junction Station, while the injured was taken to a private hospital here for treatment, they said.
Station House Officer (SHO) of Mathura Junction GRP, Yadram Singh, said the incident took place when 30-year-old Praveen Singh, an area manager for a pharmaceutical company from Abhaypura village in Agra's Malpura area, was en route to Mathura from Agra to attend a meeting.
"A dispute over a seat arose in the general coach, during which four Sikh passengers attacked him with a dagger, causing serious injuries to his head and wrist," the officer said.
They assaulted him just as the train arrived at Mathura Junction, and Praveen was attempting to alight onto the platform, he said.
Upon hearing his cries for help, police personnel on the platform immediately intervened and apprehended the four accused. Further legal proceedings are underway, and they will soon be sent to jail, he added.
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Assam to lift all cases against Koch Rajbongshis in Foreigners' Tribunals: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
Guwahati, Apr 4 (PTI): The Assam cabinet has decided to lift all cases pending against people from the Koch Rajbongshi community in the Foreigners' Tribunals, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday.
They will also no longer carry the tag of 'D' or doubtful voters, he said.
''There are 28,000 cases pending in different Foreigners' Tribunals in the state against people of the community. The cabinet has taken a historic decision of lifting the cases with immediate effect,'' Sarma said at a press conference here after the cabinet meeting.
The government believes that the Koch Rajbongshis are an indigenous community of the state and they are an inextricable part of ''our social and cultural fabric'', he asserted.
The people of this community are poor and have suffered a lot over the years, he said.
''They will no longer carry the tag of foreigners or ‘D’ voters,'' the CM said.
Foreigners Tribunals are quasi-judicial bodies, particularly in Assam, established to determine if a person residing in India is a "foreigner" as defined by the Foreigners Act of 1946, based on the Foreigners (Tribunals) Order of 1964.
These tribunals are designed to address matters related to citizenship and the presence of “foreigners” in India, specifically focusing on cases where someone is suspected of being an illegal immigrant.
There are 100 Foreigners’ Tribunals across Assam.
The Koch Rajbongshis have a sizeable presence in Assam, West Bengal, Meghalaya, and parts of Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan, and they demand Scheduled Tribe status.
