GUWAHATI, Dec 26 ? The Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Kamrup today remanded the self-styled ULFA central publicity secretary Mithinga Daimari alias Deepak Das to seven days police custody in connection with SOU PS Case No 2/98 Under Section 384 IPC read with Section 10/13 of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.
One of the counsels of the ULFA leader Advocates Bhaskar D Konwar informed that the accused was produced before the court of the CJM today by the Special Operation Unit (SOU) of Assam Police in response to the production warrant issued by the court earlier. The basic content of the FIR lodged in connection with the case against the apprehended ULFA leader is that the banned outfit in collaboration with different militant outfits in the Northeast had been extorting money to procure arms and ammunition. Mithinga?s name figures at the serial number 39 of the list of ULFA accused attached with the FIR.
The investigating officer sought 14 days police custody to unearth the names of persons involved in distribution of Press statements prepared on behalf of the ULFA by Mithinga Daimari in his capacity of central publicity secretary of the banned outfit.
However, after hearing the arguments of counsels of both the sides the court remanded Mithinga to seven days police custody and rejected the prayer for handcuffing the accused while in custody. Moreover, the court ordered that the accused shall be examined by a doctor every 48 hours while in custody and his family members and counsels shall be allowed to meet him while in custody.