In this screenshot from a video released on December 29, 2025, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami speaks on phone with the father of deceased student Angel Chakma, a Tripura student who reportedly died after a racist attack in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. | Photo Credit: X/@pushkardhami via PTI
GUWAHATI
The All India Chakma Students’ Union (AICSU) has urged Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami to move the “racially motivated” Anjela Chakma murder trial out of the state.
A 24-year-old MBA student from Tripura, Chakma, was stabbed by a group of allegedly drunk boys in Dehradun on December 9. He died in a hospital in the Uttarakhand capital on December 26.
AICSU president Drishyamuni Chakma said on Monday (Dec 29, 2025) that the union had written to the chief minister seeking transfer of the case, preferably to Delhi, as the family of the deceased had “lost faith in the Uttarakhand police”. He also suggested that the case be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The lapses include a three-day delay in registering a First Information Report (FIR), refusal by Selakui police station staff on several occasions to register a complaint, failure of the police to invoke relevant sections of the law at the initial stage, and attempts by senior police officials to play down the crime by portraying it as a fight and ignoring elements of racial abuse.
The AICSU also raised serious concerns about the misconduct on the part of the hospital authorities, noting that the victim was admitted in a critical condition at a private hospital that did not immediately inform the police as required by the medico-legal case.
The unions argued that the safety of Chakm’s family members and key eyewitnesses warranted the murder trial to be moved out of Uttarakhand to ensure a fair and impartial trial.
“Action must be taken against the concerned police officials for not registering an FIR and misleading or distorting facts and protecting the accused. The absconding accused must be arrested immediately,” the AICSU president said, demanding application of the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in the case and compensation of up to ₹ 2 crore to the victim’s family.
Published – 29 Dec 2025 18:44 IST
