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- The All Assam Minority Students' Union has demanded an independent probe into the death of under-trial prisoner Badsha Ali, whose body was found in Udalguri district jail on July 27, 2026.
- Police said preliminary investigation pointed to suicide using a gamosa, with a magisterial inquiry planned, but AAMSU called it a suspected custodial death and the family plans to approach the Assam Human Rights Commission.
- Separately, Assam Police arrested five people, including factory owner Rakesh Kumar Surana, over an explosion at an iron casting unit in Cachar that killed four workers on July 26.
- Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced ₹5 lakh ex gratia for each of the deceased workers' next of kin.
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- Outcome of the magisterial inquiry and any human rights commission probe into the prisoner's death
- Forensic findings on the cause of the Cachar explosion
- Legal proceedings against the arrested factory owner and manager
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Named India · Appu Baraik · Badsha Ali · Kiran Munda · Sagar Nath · Shyamal Gour · All Assam Minority Students’ Union · Assam Human Rights Commission · Assam Police · Himanta Biswa Sarma · Khurshed Alam · Padmanabh Baruah · Rakesh Kumar Surana
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