The demand for a separate legislation to curb lynching was also raised by the North East Legal Organisation after the killing of two persons in May 2020
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.