Assam mob lynching incident: Police file 844-page chargesheet accusing 48 persons
Guwahati, Sep 1 (IBNS): The Assam police on Saturday filed the chargesheet in the sensational Karbi Anglong mob lynching incident where two youths were killed by a mob on rumours of being child-lifters on June 8 this year.
Police had submitted the 844-page chargesheet against 48 people before the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court at Diphu in Karbi Anglong district.
On June 8, two friends, Nilotpal Das and Abhijeet Nath, had gone to a picnic spot of Kangthilangso waterfalls under Dokmoka police station in Karbi Anglong.
When they returned from the area, their black colour SUV, were stopped at Panjuri Kachari by a group of irate villagers.
The villagers had stopped the SUV after rumours spread that two unknown young men had abducted a child and fled in a black car.
After stopping the car, a mob had attacked the car and also dragged out the youths.
The youths were brutally beaten to death by the mob.
Following the incident, Karbi Anglong police had registered two cases (no – 33/2018 and 34/2018) under section 302, 341, 427, 143, 144, 147, 148, 149, 109, 332, 186 of IPC at Dokmoka police station and arrested 48 persons for their alleged involvement in connection with it.
According to Assam police, the chargesheet contained 844 pages of charges against the accused along with 104-page case diary.
Assam Director General of Police (DGP) Kuladhar Saikia said that when a movement against mob lynching is going on in the entire country, it is a major development.
The chargesheet has as many as 71 witnesses including police personnel.
“We have able to file the chargesheet in the case within the period of 90-day. We have looked the case very seriously that, such type of incident don’t occur again. We have formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT). From all rounds effort, the case has been come to end from our investigation point of view and today we have filed the chargesheet before the CJM court,” the top Assam cop said.
(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)
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