MASS demands white paper on 'secret killings' report

Guwahati, Apr 20 (UNI) The Manab Adhikar Sangram Samity(MASS) today demanded a white paper on the measures initiated against those indicted in the Justice K N Saikia Commission report on 'secret killings' in the state.

While speaking to mediapersons here, MASS leaders Aditya Lahkar and Bubumoni Goswami slammed the government for not taking adequate action regarding the report of the Commission.

The Commission had inquired into the extra-judicial killings, dubbed the 'secret killings' of ULFA kin in the 90s.

Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta was among those indicted in the report.

The MASS demanded that a white paper on the government's steps, based on the report, must be published within a month, adding that they would launch an agitation if the government failed to do so.

The organisation also demanded adequate compensation to the affected families and judicial probe into such killings that had taken place during the same period.

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