Darrangamela businessman brutally beaten in Baksa district

A Correspondent

BAKSA: In a shocking incident, sensation prevailed after a businessman was brutally beaten by a group of men in Darrangamela along the Indo-Bhutan border in Baksa district on Thursday.

The businessman been identified as Biswajit Das of Darangamela. According to the report, Biswajit was abducted from his shop situated at Garage Line along the Indo-Bhutan border in Darangamela under Tamulpur police station in Baksa district on Thursday evening.

Suspected to be a case of moral policing, Biswajit was beaten black and blue in a dense forest near Sashipur village. After finding Das missing, the locals carried out search operation and later found him in a severely injured condition in a dense jungle in Shashipur area. Reports claim that the assaulters were following the instructions of a local Gorkha students' body leader. The incident created an outrage among the locals.

"I was working in my shop when about 10-15 men approached me and asked me to go with them. They said there was something that needed to be fixed and hence they wanted me to go with them. They took me to a dense forest nearby where more men were present," said Biswajit Das. According to Das, the men tied him up and beat him brutally. "They even urinated on my face and broke my arm," he added.

He was rushed to Kumarikata State Dispensary. After providing primary treatment, the doctors referred him to GMCH for further treatment owing to his severe injuries. His family filed a complaint at Darangamela Police station. However, till the time of filing this report, police had not arrested anyone in this connection. The All Assam Bengali Yuba Chatra Federation condemned the incident and demanded justice for Biswajit Das.

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