Guwahati: The Dispur Police on Sunday arrested GNRC doctor Navanil Baruah for providing a doubtful ‘doubtful’ medical report to the prime accused of hit and run case Rajkanya Baruah.
Rajkanya Baruah, who had knocked down eight PWD workers and a pedestrian on October 2 at around 2 am allegedly under the influence of alcohol.
She was granted bail within 24 hours and was admitted into the intensive care unit (ICU) of GNRC after police summoned her again after Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s interference in the matter for a re-investigation.
This has triggered an outrage among the public, already infuriated by Rajkanya Baruah’s accident, across the state and they demanded an investigation into the GNRC authorities as well.
Police today arrested GNRC doctor Navanil Baruah, who was the in-charge of Rajkanya Baruah’s treatment, for furnishing forged reports on Rajkanya Baruah’s health.
Dr Baruah was interrogated three days by Dispur police and on the first day itself, he denied even knowing Rajkanya Baruah and said in front of the media that he did not commit any crime and he was not involved in checking Rajkanya Baruah into ICU.
DGP Mahanta later had to invite a press meet to clarify Baruah’s allegations and also accepted lapses by some lower-rung police personnel due to which the accused got bail within 24 hours of the accident.
