3 children among 36 booked for attack on Assam doctor
The Hindu
The mob turned violent after the death of a COVID-19 patient
The Assam police has submitted a charge-sheet naming 36 persons, including three children, for assaulting a doctor on June 1. A mob had assaulted Seuj Kumar Senapati, a doctor at the Udali Covid Care Centre in central Assam’s Hojai district, after a patient died of COVID-19. The injured doctor had required surgery following the attack. “The Hojai police submitted the charge-sheet today (June 29) against the 36 accused, three of whom were children,” Special Director-General of Police G.P. Singh said, congratulating the district’s Superintendent of Police Barun Purkayastha and investigation officer Rosy Talukdar for a thorough job.More Related News
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