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Two persons arrested for Assam cattle thieves lynching incident

| | May 02, 2017, at 02:21 am
Guwahati, May 1 (IBNS): Police on Monday arrested two persons in connection with Sunday’s lynching of two alleged cattle thieves in central Assam’s Nagaon district.

Nagaon police arrested two persons named Robin Bordoloi and Dewaram Bordoloi for their alleged involvement in the lynching incident.

Nagaon district Superintendent of Police Debraj Upadhay said that, following the incident police has started investigation by registering a case and arrested two persons hailing from Pukhuripar village near Kachamari area for their alleged involvement into the incident.

“We have taken the matter very seriously and already registered a case,” the top Assam cop said.

On Sunday, a mob lynched two youth, between the age group of 20-25 years, suspecting them to be cattle thieves at Jalmoigaon near Kachamari under Jajori police station in the central Assam district.

The youths succumbed to their injuries while they were admitted at hospital in serious condition.

The deceased youths were identified as Abu Hanifa and Riyazuddin Ali.

A group of people intercepted the youths on suspicion of stealing cattle and attacked them in paddy field.


(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
 

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