DIBRUGARH (ASSAM), JULY 9: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday visited at the residence of Vineet Bagaria and offered condolence to the Bagaria family.
CM Sarma apologized for the incident to Bagaria family and assured to take step against the culprits.”Its complete failure of Dibrugarh district administration. I will take stern action against whoever culprits,” Sarma said.
Dibrugarh police on Friday arrested two persons in connection with the suicide of animal rights activist Vineet Bagaria.
The persons were arrested on charge of abetting of suicide case. They have been identified as Baidullah Khan and Nishant Sharma. They were arrested by a team of Dibrugarh police from Lumding. Two more accused Sanjay Sarma and Izaz Khan still absconding.
On Thursday, Vineet Bagaria’s hung himself to death at his residence at the Shani Mandir road in Dibrugarh. His family members took him to hospital but doctors declared him brought dead.
Before his death, Vineet had self recorded a video where he accused Baidullah Khan, Sanjay Sharma and Nishant Sharma of physically and mentally torturing him and his family over a piece of rental property.
Sources said that for last several years there has been a clash going on between Vineet’s family and Baidullah Khan. Vineet’s father is said to have given a space in the ground floor of his residence on the Shani Mandir Road to Sanjay Sharma to run a business but he had allegedly sub-let the space to Baidullah Khan who then opened a motorcycle spare parts shop.
Vineet’s father Kailash Kumar Bagaria, a prominent chartered accountant of the town had filed an FIR at the Dibrugarh Police Station on Thursday evening naming the three persons responsible for his son’s death.
Vineet was the co-founder of Animal Welfare People(AWP), NGO, which take care of stray dogs. His group had rescued many dogs which were injured in accident. During Covid-19 pandemic, Vineet had feed many stray dogs. His love for animals has encouraged youngster to join the NGO.
