State Govt decides for fast track court to try cases involving Dr Deben Dutta’s murder

Guwahati: Assam Government has decided for fast track court to try cases involving the killing of Dr. Deben Dutta at Teok Tea Garden in Upper Assam.

One-man inquiry to inquire into the incident

Moreover, the government has instituted an inquiry and asked commissioner and secretary finance Shyam Jagannathan to inquire into the killing of the doctor.

CM talks to slain doctor’s wife, expresses empathy

Moreover, Chief Minister Sonowal today had a telephonic conversation with the widow of a slain doctor.

Besides, expressing his empathy with bereaved family members, Sonowal condemned the killing and said that law will take its own course as strict action will be initiated against those who took law in their hands.

It is to be noted that a team of Indian Medical Association (IMA) led by National President Dr. Shantanu Sen on Wednesday demanded immediate arrest and diligent prosecution of everyone involved in the crime.

Indian Medical Association also demands appropriate compensation to the family members of the deceased.

IMA also threatened to launch a widespread protest if the Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal doesn’t clear his stand on the matter within the next 24 hours.

The team also visited the residence of deceased Dr. Deben Dutta today and also submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister of India, Union Home Minister of India and State Health Minister.

It is to be noted that Dr. Deben Dutta, Medical officer of Teok Tea Estate in Jorhat was brutally murdered last Saturday. The 75-year-old senior doctor had retired after a lifetime service in the tea estate.

Meanwhile, the IMA also claimed in the memorandum that the brutality of his murder allegedly by the relatives of the deceased patient is a new low in violence on Doctors and Hospitals.

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