One More Arrest in Assam Police Commando Murder Case

One More Arrest in Assam Police Commando Murder Case

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India TodayNE
  • Jun 06, 2019,
  • Updated Jun 06, 2019, 1:43 AM IST

Tinsukia, June 6, 2019:

Another accused has been arrested by Tinsukia Police in relation to the Assam Police Commando murder case that took place on Sunday.

The accused has been identified as Bitupan Chutiya of Bekuri Borgaon.

The police said that Bitupan was absconding from the day of the incident and today they managed to nab him from Namsai district of Arunachal Pradesh.

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It is to be mentioned that the first accused, identified as Mintu Chutiya involved in the brutal killing of the Assam Police Commando, Girish Dutta in Makum of Tinsukia district has been arrested on Tuesday.

The thirty-seven-year-old Girish Dutta was brutally murdered by a group of miscreants in Makum of Tinsukia district. Dutta was attacked with sharp weapons while he was returning from a programme, Kendriya Adhibeshan of Asom Moran Sabha and Moran Jatiya Mahila Parishad at Tingrai, Tinsukia on the night of June 2.

The sensational incident took place near the office of the 2nd Assam Police Battalion of Makum.

When Girish Dutta was returning to his home in Ashok Nagar from Tingrai, he got into a heated argument with a group of unidentified people over an accident on NH-38, reported local media quoting investigating officers.

While he left the spot after the incident, the unidentified group of men followed Dutta to his home, dragged him out and stabbed him to death on the road in front of his father.

According to Tinsukia locals, Dutta was attacked while he was returning back home after attending the Kendriya Adhibeshan of Asom Moran Sabha and Moran Jatiya Mahila Parishad.

As per reports, Girish resides in Guwahati with his wife and a daughter. He visited his village home after one year to see the newly built house along with his wife.

More to follow.

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