Doctors Continue Protests Against Mob Killing of Doctor Deben Dutta

Tinsukia, September 2, 2019:

The doctors of Assam continue to be up-in-arms against the killing of Doctor Deben Dutta by Tea Garden Workers in Teok in Jorhat.

As a mark of protest against the mob killing of the doctor, a procession was taken out today in Tinsukia by the Indian Medical Association (IMA), Tinsukia Branch, from IMA House (Blood Bank) till IMA House, after a trip through the town.

The doctors will also give a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner and Superintendent of Police.

Earlier, the Assam Branch of the IMA, in a release stated “As a mark of protest against the gruesome incidences and no convictions in previous cases, failure on the part of the Government to provide security to the doctors and showing our solidarity, IMA Assam State Branch most hesitantly calls for '24 hours' withdrawal of medical services excluding emergency by doctors all over the state from 6 am of 3rd September to 6 am of 4th September, 2019.”

The doctors’ organization also sought the Government to take exemplary fasttrack punishment to the culprits.

Deben Dutta, a 75-year-old doctor from Assam, died after an enraged mob of tea garden workers brutally thrashed him and damaged the property of a hospital in Teok, Jorhat.

The incident took place following the death of a 37-year-old female tea garden worker, Samara Majhi, who was undergoing treatment at the hospital.

According to reports, the 75-year-old doctor was flogged inhumanely and the workers also damaged the hospital property in rage.

The workers alleged that the incident was a result of the doctor’s negligent attitude towards their co-worker, whose death, they feel, could have been averted.

The Police, reportedly, rescued the doctor from the hospital around 4 pm. He was critically injured and referred to the Jorhat Medical College and Hospital, where he succumbed to the injuries.

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