Assam police commando intervenes in road rage spat, stabbed to death

Rajib Dutta | TNN | Updated: Jun 4, 2019, 11:38 IST

Highlights

An Assam Police commando was killed by unidentified people while he was mediating between two groups following an accident on NH-38 in Makum of Assam’s Tinsukia district.
Girish Dutta (37) of the Assam Commando Battalion, an accomplished police trainer, was posted at the Police Training College in Dergaon.

Girish Dutta

DIBRUGARH: An Assam police commando was stabbed to death by unidentified attackers in Makum area of Assam's Tinsukia district early on Monday. Girish Dutta (37) of the Assam Commando Battalion, an accomplished police trainer, was posted at the Police Training College in Dergaon and had come home in Makum only a day before.
Dutta was returning home with his father after attending a programme at Tingrai, when he got into an argument with some people following an accident that had taken place on NH38. Dutta allegedly tried to mediate between the two quarrelling parties, and sharp exchange of words followed. As he was about to leave the spot, some armed miscreants from the crowd chased and stabbed him to death after severely thrashing him, locals said.

On Monday, residents blocked the NH-38 for several hours in protest against the killing and demanded exemplary punishment for the culprits. They gave a 24-hour ultimatum to police to identify Dutta's killers.
"We are on the lookout for the culprits," said Tinsukia SP Shiladitya Chetia.