Former IAS officer from Assam, Hitesh Dev Sarma, has been accused of issuing threats to journalist Rana Deka during a phone call on Friday night. Deka, who works with satellite news channel NKTV, has also alleged that Sarma threatened his eight-year-old child during the same call.
The alleged intimidation came after NKTV aired a report involving Sarma’s son, APS officer Geetarth Dev Sarma, who has been accused of assaulting a fan of late singer Zubeen Garg in Mushalpur, Baksa.
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The report was broadcast at a time when the transfer of accused persons in the Zubeen Garg death case — including Shyamkanu Mahanta and Siddharth Sharma — from Guwahati to Baksa District Jail had sparked unrest outside the jail premises.
Following the alleged threats, Deka filed an FIR at Pathsala Police Station. Police have begun an inquiry into the complaint.
There has been no official response from Sarma at the time of publication.
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