A man named Miraz Ali was shot by police while trying to escape police custody in Assam after he was nabbed for molesting two women in Tezpur. After police arrested him, he snatched a pistol from a cop and tried to escape, as a result, police shot at his legs, injuring him. The incident took place amid massive protests over rape of a school student in Dhing in Nagaon.
On 23 August evening, two youths travelling on a bicycle attacked and tried to rape two sisters during their evening walk in the Gutlong area in Tezpur town in Assam. However, when the two molesters grabbed the women attempting to molest them, they shouted for help. Hearing them, locals immediately rushed to the spot and rescued the two women.
The locals managed to nab one of the youths named Shahrukh Hussain and handed him over to police. But the other assailant Miraz Ali managed to escape. Following the incident, the women lodged a complaint at the Mahabhairab Police Station.
Talking to the media, one of the victim women said that the incident took place at around 6:40 PM, when she and her sister had reached near their home after returning from their evening walk. Suddenly, the two youths on a bicycle arrived and the youth sitting on the career on the back of the bicycle grabbed her from her back, and she fell down. Her sister helped her rise from the ground, and they then confronted them and raised an alarm. While the two attackers fled the scene, locals immediately chased them and managed to catch Shahrukh who was riding the bicycle. But Miraz who was riding pillion managed to escape.
The police launched a search operation immediately, and nabbed Miraz Ali near his house in the night. But during this, Miraz snatched the pistol of officer-in-charge Rahul Gogoi and tried to escape from the spot. As a result, the cops fired at him, and he was shot on his right leg. Both Shahrukh and Miraz work as labourers.
Police said that a police vehicle was also damaged during the encounter. Following Miraz Ali was shot in the leg, he was taken to Kanaklata Civil Hospital in Tezpur. Later he was transferred to Tezpur Medical College and Hospital.
Following the incident, the locals gheraoed the local police station, demanding stringent punishment for the molesters.
Notably, one of the accused in the Dhing rape case, Tafazul Islam, died last night while trying to escape from police custody. According to police, when he was taken to the crime scene, he escaped and jumped into a pond with the handcuff and a rope still attached to his wrist. The rope got entangled under the water, and as a result, he drowned. Later SDRF personnel recovered the body from the pond.
A 14-year-old girl study in class 10 was raped by three men, and operations are underway to nab the other two accused persons. She was found naked and unconscious, and is still in critical condition at Nagaon Civil Hospital.
