Bodo Peoples Front (BPF) MLA from Kokrajhar (West) Pradip Kumar Brahma,who was arrested early on Thursday,was named in at least seven FIRs registered in two police stations Dotma and Fakiragram under Kokrajhar district. He has been arrested in connection with one particular case registered in Dotma police station,after he was named in several statements by the victims, said Assam IGP (Law & Order) L R Bishnoi. Several minority organisations had also named Brahma in their memorandum submitted to the government and to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi during her visit to Kokrajhar. Brahma is one of the 11 BPF MLAs in the Congress-led government in the state. The BPF has one minister in the Tarun Gogoi cabinet. A section of BPF leaders have now threatened to pull out of the Congress-led alliance. What can I do? A few years back,a minister of my government was arrested and sent to Tihar Jail. The law will take its own course. If the court does not find him guilty then he will be released, said Gogoi. Meanwhile,the district administration imposed indefinite curfew in the entire Kokrajhar district from 7 am today fearing recurrence of violence.
