Main accused in Assam student leader’s lynching dies in ‘accident’
The Hindu
Neeraj Das was the 28th to have died ‘escaping from’ or in police custody since May
The main accused in the mob in eastern Assam’s Jorhat on November 29 died in an accident while allegedly trying to escape from police custody.
Neeraj Das died when he was hit by an escort vehicle after jumping off a police van around 2 a.m. on December 1, the Jorhat district police said.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.