Assam Court Awards Death Sentence to One Convict, Life Term to 24 Others for Lynching Tea Garden Doc
4 years, 2 months ago

Assam Court Awards Death Sentence to One Convict, Life Term to 24 Others for Lynching Tea Garden Doc

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A court in Assams Jorhat district on Tuesday sentenced one person to death and 24 others to life imprisonment for lynching an elderly doctor in a tea garden hospital following the death of a worker there in August last year. Jorhat district and sessions judge Robin Phukan had on October 12 convicted these 25 tea garden workers of beating to death 73-year-old Dr Deben Dutta in the hospital of Teok tea estate, and pronounced the quantum of punishment on Tuesday. While 25-year-old Sanjoy Rajowar was awarded capital punishment, 24 others get life imprisonment. Dutta was attacked on August 31, 2019, at the hospital of Teok tea estate following the death of a garden worker who was under treatment there.

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Four sentenced to death in 2014 caste-related murders in TN's Udappankulam
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Four sentenced to death in 2014 caste-related murders in TN's Udappankulam

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India TV News  

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2 years, 5 months ago

Assam man burnt alive after \'trial\' by village body

Deccan Chronicle  

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Three get death sentence for rape-murder of two minor girls in Assam's Kokrajhar
2 years, 8 months ago

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