Summary:
Mahanta said his wife Indrani Barua who is a senior Assam Police official, has also filed a civil defamation suit of Rs 100 crore against Jayanta Barua and others for dragging her name in the supari syndicate news report. “We again issued a reminder to the Pratidin Group seeking documents. The court has asked the media group to cooperate with the police investigation into the alleged supari syndicate case. It is completely false news that myself and my wife recently went to Taj Vivanta Hotel to meet supari syndicate mafia. He said the court has asked the Pratidin Group not to publish anymore defamatory news against him and his wife..