Death for 1, life for 24 for killing Assam doctor

GUWAHATI: A local court on Tuesday awarded death sentence to one convict and life imprisonment to 24 others in a case where a doctor was lynched at Teok Tea Estate in Assam’s Jorhat district 13 months ago, reports Mukut Das.
The court awarded death sentence to Sanjay Rajowar, the prime accused in the case. The case pertains to Dr Deben Dutta, a resident doctor at Teok Tea Estate, who was lynched on August 31 last year.
After the incident, a police team led by DIG Siva Prasadarrested 32 people and filed a 602page chargesheet. The court examined 56 witnesses during the procedure. “This is the first case in the country where Witness Identity Concealment Approach was used,” police said.