Assam reported a mob lynching case in Jorhat when a student leader was killed and two others severely injured including a journalist. However, according to reports the prime accused in the lynching case, Wednesday died in a road accident while trying to flee police custody, said the police.
Niraj Das, who was among the 13 arrested for allegedly beating an All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) leader to death in a busy street in Assam’s Jorhat town on Monday, was declared brought dead on arrival by the doctors after he was allegedly accidentally hit by a police vehicle late on Tuesday night while another two-person were severely beaten up.
According to Jorhat SP Ankur Jain, “The investigating officer was interrogating the prime accused Das last evening when he revealed some information on a hidden drug assignment”. After the interrogation Das was accompanied by the police team to the place the drug was consignment stashed in Nakachari, so that it could be recovered, Jain added.
“However, on the way to the destination, Das tried to flee the cops when jumped out of the back of the car (jeep) and the escort vehicle behind him accidentally rammed him over,” said Jain. Meanwhile, the escort vehicle also lost its balance and collided with a wall, in the incident three cops were also injured. While the injured have been taken to the Jorhat Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Das was declared dead on arrival at the hospital”.
