GUWAHATI: Twenty-two persons have been arrested in the case of ‘mob’ assault on a doctor of a tea estate in Jorhat district of Upper Assam who later succumbed to his injuries at Jorhat Medical College Hospital on Saturday evening.
Deben Dutta, 73, the senior medical officer of Teok Tea Estate, was allegedly beaten by an enraged group on Saturday following the death of a labourer, Somra Majhi who was under treatment at the garden hospital.
Official sources told the media on Monday evening that 22 persons have been arrested in the case and produced before the additional chief judicial magistrate’s court, Jorhat. They have been sent to judicial custody.
Few more are likely to be picked up, the sources said.
A magisterial inquiry led by additional deputy commissioner, Subhan Gowalla into the incident is currently under way and a report will be submitted within a week.
The hearing in this regard will take place at the Teok revenue circle office from Tuesday to Thursday. All concerned parties, including the family members of the deceased, have been notified to attend the hearing.
The garden management as a precautionary measure on Sunday, declared a lockout of the tea estate owned by Amalgamated Plantations Pvt Ltd.
Meanwhile, the Indian Medical Association, Assam State Branch has in protest against the incident, called for a “24-hour withdrawal of medical services excluding emergency” by doctors all over the state from 6am of Tuesday.