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Police arrests 16 persons in Karbi Anglong youth lynching

| @indiablooms | Jun 10, 2018, at 12:28 pm

Guwahati, June 10 (IBNS): Assam police has arrested 16 persons for their alleged involvements in the mob lynching of  the two youth artists from Guwahati in the name of child lifters (locally known as Xupadhora) in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district on June 8 evening.

A top police official said that, police has so far arrested 16 persons in the bizarre incident and they have been identified as Anuj Timung, Babu Rongpi, Sarukon Swargiary, Biju Basumatary, Biswaram Swargiary, Dhonda Mech, Dhono Mech, Dipjyoti Basumatary, Pantheng Basumatary, Ram Swargiary, Umesh Khaklary, Sanjay Terong, Bidyasingh Rongpi Anand Rongpi, Raju Bey and Bhupendra Terang.

Among the arrested persons, Bhupendra Terang had circulated fake message of child lifters in social media. 

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)

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