Candlelight march over Vineet Bagaria's death in Dibrugarh

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DIBRUGARH: A peaceful candlelight march was organized seeking justice for Vineet Bagaria in upper Assam Dibrugarh on Sunday.

Large numbers of people participated in the candlelight march demanding justice for Vineet Bagaria, a noted animal activist, who hung himself to death on Thursday at his residence at Shani Mandir road here.

Before his death, Vineet had self-recorded a video where he accused Baidullah Khan, Sanjay Sharma and Nishant Sharma of physically and mentally torturing him and his family over a piece of rented property.

The Dibrugarh police arrested three persons in connection with the abetment of suicide of Vineet Bagaria. All three of them were produced before Court on Saturday. They have been identified as Baidullah Khan, Nishant Sharma and Samsullah Khan.

Two more accused, Sanjay Sarma and Izaz Khan, are still absconding. A case (No. 309/22 u/s 306 IPC) has been registered by the Dibrugarh police.

It may be mentioned that Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma visited the residence of the bereaved family on Saturday and offered his condolences.

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