GUWAHATI: Swayed by rumours of kid lifters being at the prowl at the social media, a mob lynched two youths from Guwahati in a faraway village of Assam's Karbi Anglong district on Friday evening.
"For the past few days, a Facebook post was being circulated that some child lifters have come to Assam. What happened in Karbi Anglong was a tragic fallout of people falling for such rumours," said Assam DGP Kuladhar Saikia.
Five persons have already been arrested in reference to the incident. Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal has asked additional DGP (Law and Order) Mukesh Agarwala to hurry to the website online of the incident and conduct an inquiry to nab the culprits. Agarwala said extra people would be arrested quickly.
Nilotpal Das (29), a legitimate engineer primarily based in Mumbai, and his friend Abhijeet Nath (30), a businessman, had long gone to Kangthilangso (a picnic spot) in Karbi Anglong to capture the sounds of nature and gather some ornamental fishes which are present in abundance there. According to studies, the duo had asked for instructions to visit Kangthilangso from some villagers who suspected them to be kid lifters and alerted others in the space. On their way back, some villagers stopped the vehicle wherein they have been travelling at Panjuri at 7.40 pm, pulled them out of the auto and lynched them. The space has neither electrical energy nor cellular connectivity.
One of the attackers even recorded all the act of barbarism on his cellular and circulated it at the social media. The clip showed Nilotpal pleading earlier than the murderers that he was an Assamese from Guwahati. With folded hands, Niloptal was heard pleading, "Don't kill me...please don't beat me. I am an Assamese. Believe me, I am speaking the truth. My father's name is Gopal Chandra Das and mother's name is Radhika Das...please let me go." When a chum of Nilotpal from Guwahati had called him at eight pm, a stranger picked up the phone and advised him that Nilotpal has been killed.
The vehicle wherein they have been travelling was additionally badly damaged in the assault.
According to a few witnesses, their pleas to stop the mob of youths from attacking the duo fell on deaf ears. "A member of a village defence party first informed the Dokmoka Police Station which is a 30-minute drive from the site where the lynching was on," said an area. "When police arrived on the spot, one of the youths appeared to be dead and the other one was gasping for life. They were immediately taken to hospital where they were declared brought dead by doctors," said a policeman.
"For the past few days, a Facebook post was being circulated that some child lifters have come to Assam. What happened in Karbi Anglong was a tragic fallout of people falling for such rumours," said Assam DGP Kuladhar Saikia.
Five persons have already been arrested in reference to the incident. Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal has asked additional DGP (Law and Order) Mukesh Agarwala to hurry to the website online of the incident and conduct an inquiry to nab the culprits. Agarwala said extra people would be arrested quickly.
Nilotpal Das (29), a legitimate engineer primarily based in Mumbai, and his friend Abhijeet Nath (30), a businessman, had long gone to Kangthilangso (a picnic spot) in Karbi Anglong to capture the sounds of nature and gather some ornamental fishes which are present in abundance there. According to studies, the duo had asked for instructions to visit Kangthilangso from some villagers who suspected them to be kid lifters and alerted others in the space. On their way back, some villagers stopped the vehicle wherein they have been travelling at Panjuri at 7.40 pm, pulled them out of the auto and lynched them. The space has neither electrical energy nor cellular connectivity.
One of the attackers even recorded all the act of barbarism on his cellular and circulated it at the social media. The clip showed Nilotpal pleading earlier than the murderers that he was an Assamese from Guwahati. With folded hands, Niloptal was heard pleading, "Don't kill me...please don't beat me. I am an Assamese. Believe me, I am speaking the truth. My father's name is Gopal Chandra Das and mother's name is Radhika Das...please let me go." When a chum of Nilotpal from Guwahati had called him at eight pm, a stranger picked up the phone and advised him that Nilotpal has been killed.
The vehicle wherein they have been travelling was additionally badly damaged in the assault.
According to a few witnesses, their pleas to stop the mob of youths from attacking the duo fell on deaf ears. "A member of a village defence party first informed the Dokmoka Police Station which is a 30-minute drive from the site where the lynching was on," said an area. "When police arrived on the spot, one of the youths appeared to be dead and the other one was gasping for life. They were immediately taken to hospital where they were declared brought dead by doctors," said a policeman.
Two killed at Assam picnic spot after child-lifting rumours
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