The Assam Education Minister, Mr Ripun Bora, was arrested in Delhi on Tuesday for allegedly offering a bribe of Rs 10 lakh to an officer of the Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI), which is investigating a murder case against him. The CBI officer, who is probing the murder of student leader, Daniel Toppo, filed a complaint on Monday evening that Borah had allegedly offered him a bribe to hush up the case.
Toppo, district president of All Assam Tea Tribe Students Union, was Borah’s rival candidate in the Gohpur constituency during the 1996 Assembly elections in Assam. Toppo was vocal against Bora, who lost the elections in 1996 but was elected from Gohpur in 2001. Toppo was murdered on September 27, 2000. The CBI took over the murder probe in 2001 after the Assam Police failed to solve the murder.
Toppo, district president of All Assam Tea Tribe Students Union, was Borah’s rival candidate in the Gohpur constituency during the 1996 Assembly elections in Assam. Toppo was vocal against Bora, who lost the elections in 1996 but was elected from Gohpur in 2001. Toppo was murdered on September 27, 2000. The CBI took over the murder probe in 2001 after the Assam Police failed to solve the murder.
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