Kokrajhar Medical Fraternity Protests Against Mob Killing of Elderly Doctor, Deben Dutta

Kokrajhar, September 3, 2019:

Doctors in Kokrajhar on Monday protested against the brutal assault of an elderly doctor Dr. Deben Dutta at a tea garden in Jorhat that led to his death, on Saturday.

Doctors in Kokrajhar's Rupnath Brahma Civil hospital staged a protest dharna in front of the the Civil hospital and stayed away from attending non emergency services.

They demanded the government to ensure exemplary punishment of the culprits involved in the attack of the elderly doctor and beef up security measures for protection of doctors.

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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