Customs Officer Tarun Dutta's killer nabbed
Please see -14.05.2008 in which we covered the poignant scenes in the Rashtrapati Bhavan where Mrs. Beethi Dutta, wife of Customs officer Tarun Kumar Dutta who was gunned down by the drug mafia while working with the DRI in Guwahati, received the Kirti Chakra.
We reported,
Mrs. Beethi Dutta , who was quite composed while receiving the award, broke down, when the DG, DRI met her later, and she told the DG that the guilty must be punished and they have some strong suspects. The DG assured her, “I will do my best”.
DDT had then asked the DG how he was going to ensure that the guilty would be punished. He then told us that he would co-ordinate with the Police agencies and see that the guilty is punished.
Dreaded drug-lord Pakhi Mian (original name Shamshad Haq Talukdar), who is suspected to have killed Tarun, was arrested by WB Police and handed over to Assam Police in April 2008 but he managed to escape from jail in December, 2008.
For many other crimes the WB and Assam police were also on his trail. Since he never went out of DRI's radar, his consignments of ganja were regularly seized in N-E. In recent weeks the DRI had seized about 28 MT of ganja. While on trail, the DRI sleuths stumbled upon vital clues and the same was passed on to the WB Police. With the DG, DRI coordinating intelligence with the busy Home Secretary, the STP of WB and Assam Police raided him near Durgapur and arrested the dreaded drug kingpin.
The DG had kept his promise! Tarun's soul will rest in peace and the rest of us can sleep happily with the lovely thought that the majesty of law is always supreme.