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Judicial remand for Pakhi Miyan

Notorious drug mafia Samsul Haque Talukdar alias Pakhi Miyan was remanded to judicial custody on Saturday. Pakhi Miyan was remanded to CBI custody for five days in connection with the sensational murder of revenue intelligence officer Tarun Dutta in 2006. It may be noted that Pakhi Miyan was captured in West Bengal last month and was grilled by a special investigation unit of the Assam police in connection with a number of cases.

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Innocent youths are killed in encounters every second day in Assam. Why does the Assam Police arrange an 'encounter' death for Pakhi Miyan? Perhaps, the police and the ministers might lose crores if he is done away with.

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