The Bureau of Investigations Economic Offences (BIEO) Assam arrested a former cashier of Assam Gramin Vikash Bank, Debasish Gogoi, for misappropriating an amount of around Rs 37 lakh by fraudulently transferring and withdrawing the amount from dormant accounts of customers of the bank at different branches.
A local court in Assam's Jorhat district sentenced eleven persons to life imprisonment for lynching a 23-year-old man in May 2020 while the country was under the COVID-19-induced lockdown.Seven other defendants were exonerated by the court for .
Assam group renews demand for law against mob lynching
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Calls for strict penal statute follows mob attack on doctor at COVID-19 care centre
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Calls for strict penal statute follows mob attack on doctor at COVID-19 care centre
A pan-Northeast legal group has renewed its demand for enacting law to deal specifically with cases of mob lynching.
The Assam-based North East Legal Organization (NELO) refreshed its year-old demand following the mob assault on a doctor at a COVID-19 care centre in central Assam’s Hojai district on June 1.
The police arrested 24 people, including a woman, for grievously injuring Dr. Seuj Kumar Senapati, holding him responsible for the death of a COVID-19 positive person who, healthcare officials said, died by the time he reached the centre.