Youth killed, accomplice injure in Raj; DGP denies lynching
A patrol team of Border Home Guards caught the duo felling trees in the Harsora area under Sariska DFC and manhandled them.
A patrol team of Border Home Guards caught the duo felling trees in the Harsora area under Sariska DFC and manhandled them.
Most of the 'disturbed' polling booths the Central forces and the state police either were 'conspicuously' absent or were outnumbered.
The quantum of punishment for the accused guilty of lynching a tribal youth, Madhu. will be pronounced on Wednesday.
The victim's father has filed an FIR against 18 persons for this act.
Two monks and their driver were lynched by a mob at Gadchinchale village in the district on April 16 when they were travelling in a car to Surat to attend a funeral amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown, police have said.
Besides the 24 in custody, five others were arrested from Diphu town on Tuesday for misuse of social media in connection with the incident.
Besides the 19 in custody, 13 other people have been arrested for posting hate messages and objectionable posts on social media in different districts of the state.
Among those arrested, included the man who allegedly fanned the rumour on social media that child lifters have entered Assam.
The incident took place on Friday night in the backdrop of a rumour on social media that a group of 'sopadhara' (meaning child abductor or lifter in Assamese) were on the prowl.
In the video, which was shot on Tuesday, officer Gagandeep Singh can be seen shielding the youth from a group of men, who alleged that the youth was found with a Hindu girl near the temple.