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GUWAHATI: A Delhi-based lawyer from Assam has lodged a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) against the Assam Police for a series of encounters that have taken place ever since the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led government took charge two months ago. He also urged the rights body to take cognisance and institute an inquiry into these incidents. Arif Jwadder - who hails from Guwahati - in his complaint to the rights body on Saturday said small-time criminals were being shot at by police and the reason cited for such fake encounters was that they tried to flee from police custody after snatching weapons .
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Ahead of the assembly election in West Bengal, a total of 30 companies of Railway Protection Special Force (RPSF) have been deployed in Jhargram and Purulia. Meanwhile, the Central Election Committee (CEC) of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is slated to meet Wednesday evening to finalise candidates for the remaining four phases of West Bengal assembly elections. The BJP has finalised candidates for four phases of West Bengal polls. It has also finalised almost all candidates for polls in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Assam. The meeting of CEC will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Nadda, Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, and Nitin Gadkari, and other members. Some leaders from West Bengal and BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, who is in charge of West Bengal, are also expected to be present.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], March 17 (ANI): Ahead of the assembly election in West Bengal, a total of 30 companies of Railway Protection Special Force (RPSF) have been deployed in Jhargram and Purulia.