From Our Special Correspondent
GUWAHATI: Police have arrested 13 persons in connection with the August 15 incident when a mob allegedly assaulted four persons suspecting them to be cattle thieves, at Diplunga Tea Estate in central Assam’s Biswanath district, resulting in the death of one of them.
The other three sustained grievous injuries and were treated at a private nursing home.
“The arrests have been made a day after the incident that occurred in the wee hours of August 15. One more person was nabbed today to take the total number of arrested to 13. We are looking for more people who might have been involved in the incident,” Biswanath SP, D.K. Choudhury informed The Shillong Times on Monday.
Deben Rajbongshi, in his mid-thirties, succumbed to his injuries at Biswanath Civil Hospital after he along with the other three injured persons were rushed to the hospital for preliminary treatment.
Members of the village defence party (VDP) had alerted the police about the incident that took place at line number 15 of the tea estate, which is under Sootea police station.
One of the injured had told the media that they were on their way to buy livestock (pigs) when a group of about 25 to 30 persons stopped and attacked them with machetes, iron rods and sticks without provocation.
Police said the four persons were residents of Gereki about 10km away from the tea estate, which is a unit of Dekorai Tea Estate and located about 230km northeast of Guwahati.
