BARPETA, Oct 21: Mujjaffar Ali (35), an All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) leader and president of Sikni Gaon Panchayat under Kalgachiya outpost in Barpeta district, was shot dead by miscreants at about 11.30 am today. The killing, according to AIUDF president Badruddin Ajmal and working president HRA Choudhury, was a political murder. They have demanded a high-level inquiry into the killing.
According to eyewitness account, Mujjaffar Ali was coming from his Bamuntari residence to Kalgachiya on a motorcycle when the incident occurred. When he reached Alamin Private Higher Secondary School at Bamuntari, four youths stopped him and talked to him for half a minute. During the conversation, Ali folded his hands before the youths who gunned him down, eyewitnesses said. Ali received three bullets. One of the youths named Abdul Kader (25) of Aditpur village of Kalgachiya was caught by the public, while the other three managed to escape. In front of the public, Abdul Kader named the other three as Refajuddin of Amguri village, Abdul Rouf of Udmari village and Mohini Das of Kalgachiya.
Ali had appealed to the Gauhati High Court seeking re-enlisting of anganwadi worker and helper panels following alleged anomalies and corruption. The High Court then issued an injunction on the panels prepared by the selection board. The local people alleged that the killing had a link with Ali’s petition in the High Court.
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