21 Arrested For Mob Killing Of 73-Year-Old Doctor Deben Dutta

Teok, September 2, 1029:

Two days after the doctor of a tea estate in Assam, Deben Dutta, was beaten to death by a mob of 250 people in an Assam Tea Estate in Teok, 21 people have been arrested, police said.

The Indian Medical Association has called a strike, including withdrawal of emergency services, on Tuesday.

Deben Dutta, a 73-year-old doctor from Assam, died after an enraged mob of tea garden workers brutally thrashed him and damaged the property of a hospital in Teok, Jorhat.

The incident took place following the death of a 37-year-old female tea garden worker, Samara Majhi, who was undergoing treatment at the hospital.

According to reports, he was beaten because he was not present when a temporary worker died at the estate hospital.

According to reports, the 73-year-old doctor was flogged inhumanely and the workers also damaged the hospital property in rage.

The workers alleged that the incident was a result of the doctor’s negligent attitude towards their co-worker, whose death, they feel, could have been averted.

The Police, reportedly, rescued the doctor from the hospital around 4 pm. He was critically injured and referred to the Jorhat Medical College and Hospital, where he succumbed to the injuries.

It may be mentioned here that the tea estate in Assam's Jorhat, 300 km from main city Guwahati, has been locked down for now by the management over safety concerns.

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