Biswa Kalyan Purkayastha / Hindustan Times
SILCHAR: A 45-year-old man suspected to be a goat thief was caught and thrashed to death past Wednesday midnight in Assam’s Darrang district, police said on Thursday. Fourteen people have been arrested in connection with the man’s death.
Darrang superintendent of police (SP) Prakash Sonowal said the incident took place in the district’s Sipajhar area at about 3am on Thursday.
Police identified the dead man as Mojibur Ali who lived in a nearby village. His family told the police that Mojibur Ali was on his way home after attending to an emergency when he was attacked in Sipajhar.
The sequence of events that led the local residents to spot Mojibur Ali passing through the area at 3am and conclude that he may be out to steal their goat is not clear.
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