DIBRUGARH: Dr. Deepmoni Saikia, the main defendant in the 2014 Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH) murder case, has been cleared of all murder-related charges after nearly ten years of trial. On Wednesday, a Dibrugarh court cleared him of the murder allegations while convicting the other party, a ward boy.
The court rendered its decision nine years after Sarita Toshniwal, an AMCH medical student, was brutally killed by her senior and a ward boy on May 9, 2014.
Notably, in April, a doctor named Deepmoni Saikia, a second-year PG student in the obstetrics and gynaecology department of AMCH, planned the murder of Sarita. To carry out the plot, the doctor enlisted the aid of a ward boy named Keru Mech. In the same department, Deepmoni and the dead had previously shared duties.
“Deepmoni and Sarita had a cordial relationship. But they were not on good terms for the last few months. Deepmoni used to call Sarita on her mobile but she never responded. After being spurned by her, he decided to take revenge. He hatched a plan and sought the help of Kiru. He manipulated Kiru by promising that he would make his job permanent. He even threatened to fire him if he refuses,” after taking the accused into custody, the police had said.
“On May 8, Deepmoni was allotted night duty along with Sarita, but he remained absent citing illness. Sarita was alone on duty. The ward boy and a nurse were also on duty. The next morning (May 9), Deepmoni and Kiru committed the crime after the on-duty nurse left,” the police said.
Sarita allegedly shouted loudly as Kiru tried to choke her while she was sleeping. She attempted to escape, but Deepmoni pushed her down on the ground with force.
According to the authorities, the accused was not happy with killing the victim; so, he afterwards stripped off her clothes and sexually assaulted the victim.
Notably, the plot to kill Sarita was devised a month ago by the doctor, Deepmoni Saikia, who was a second-year PG student in the obstetrics and gynaecology department at AMCH, and was carried out with the help of a ward boy, Keru Mech. The dead and Deepmoni used to work in the same department, according to the sources.
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