TINSUKIA: Two construction workers were killed allegedly by their colleague after an argument at Rupai in Tinsukia district, police said Sunday.
According to Tinsukia Additional Superintendent of Police, Saurav Jyoti Saikia, the deceased were killed on Saturday evening by one of their colleagues with a machete after they fell out over some issue.
The attacker later surrendered in front of the police with the weapon of the crime, Saikia informed.
The deceased have been identified as Idrish Seikh (30) and Seikh Mahammad (45), both hailing from Medinipur in West Bengal.
The accused was named as Raju Gorh (36) from Pengeri in Tinsukia, Saikia said.
“All of them were working for construction works of a private school under a contractor, who had lodged the complaint to the police. We have registered a case at Doomdooma police station,” he added. (PTI)
