Symbolic picture
By Nava Thakuria*
Guwahati: A young Indian scribe Abdur Rauf Alamgir (32), died mysteriously after he went missing on Saturday, June 24, 2023. His wounded body was found floating on the Kulsi river water in the Jambari area of Boko locality under Kamrup district on June 26.
A resident of Goroimari Hatipara, Alamgir was associated with a news portal titled TNL. The recently married scribe also ran a customer service centre of a nationalized bank in his locality.
Alamgir was a member of the Goroimari-Kalatoli-Sontoli press club in south Kamrup and he was kidnapped by miscreants on 24 June, maybe because of business rivalries. A complaint was lodged in Boko police station and the police have already started an investigation to find the probable culprits. Alamgir’s body was sent for postmortem and two local residents were later detained for interrogation.
Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the Geneva-based global media safety and rights body, expresses concern over the mysterious death of a young Indian scribe and today raised the demand for an authentic probe to find reasons behind the untimely demise of Alamgir.
“PEC condoles the sad demise of the young scribe. At the same time, we demand a convincing probe to unearth the factors involved in his missing and subsequent death. Assam province government should take all necessary initiatives to identify the perpetrators even if the scribe was not targeted because of his professional work,” said Blaise Lempen, president of PEC.
*Senior journalist and PEC’s south & southeast Asia representative
