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September 3: Former Deputy Speaker & BJP MLA from Silchar Dilip Kumar Paul was implicated in a new controversy. On Monday morning, a complaint was lodged against him at Silchar Sadar Police Station. The complainant is Javed Lashkar from Balighat. He alleged that on the pretext of ‘love-jihad’, he was mercilessly thrashed by a group of men in the middle of a road at the instigation of MLA Dilip Kumar Paul. The incident took place at Ambicapatty on Sunday. However, the complaint was later on withdrawn by the boy himself.
A complaint was also lodged on Sunday against the boy. Finally, on Monday evening both the complaints were withdrawn. On being asked, MLA Dilip Kumar Paul said that he was unaware regarding the FIR lodged against him. He also did not know that the same was withdrawn. But he said that, when he was on the way to his home, he noticed a crowd near Ambicapatty. He stopped his car and enquired about the matter. On learning that the matter was regarding a boy and a girl belonging to two different religious communities, Mr. Paul called on the police and asked to take them to the police station.