Santosh Hojai's wife demands capital punishment for culprits

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HAFLONG: Wife of Santosh Hojai, Jayanta Hojai has demanded capital punishment for the culprits who kidnapped and killed her husband brutally for no reason, while appreciating the Gauhati High Court and CID. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Assam Police is ready to file the charge sheet against the accused in the sensational Santosh Hojai kidnapping and murder case very soon.

She said that one year and three months had passed since the incident but the government was still 'hesitant' to bring all the accused to book even after getting strong evidence against them. She, however, hoped that the CID, Assam was investigating the matter properly and since there was enough evidence against the accused, they would definitely be punished.

Santosh Hojai, a promising businessman and a popular social worker of Harangajao, was abducted by five unidentified men in plain clothes from his house at Damadi Hawar under Harangajao police station on April 24, 2020. Wife Jayanta Hojai went to lodged an FIR, but the officer-in-charge, SI Angshu Rajkumar refused to lodge the FIR, saying that her husband would return home the next day.

Two days after that when Hojai did not return home after receiving assurance from the OC, people of nearby areas protested against the officer-in-charge and finally registered the complaint. Six days later, Hojai's decomposed and partly burnt body was found buried near NH-27 road, 100 km from his home at Lailing reserve forest under Langting police station in Dima Hasao district.

Following the recovery of the body, Hojai's wife filed an affidavit at Gauhati HC and the court ordered an SIT under DIG (SR) and remanded Kanchan Naiding, cadre of Dimasa National Liberation Army (DNLA), for three days for interrogation in connection with the case.

In June 2020, the HC ordered the Assam DGP to entrust CID with the investigation and disengage the SIT. In November 2020, the CID arrested two police constables who were involved in the abduction and murder case and recorded their statement.

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