Shillong, July 04: On the assault case that has taken place on the 03rd July 2020, at the basketball at Block IV in Lawsohtun, Meghalaya Police have picked up 11 person who were suspected in the assault case.
The Police team on receiving the information immediately rushed to the place of occurrence and on reaching Sericulture Office, they saw two youths namely Bishal Ghosh and Saptarshi Das Purkayastha, who had managed to escaped from the basketball court.
The police team on seeing the condition of both these youth immediately rushed them to Woodland Hospital for medical assistance and the other four victims were also taken to the same hospital for medical treatment.
A criminal case No. 71(07)20 has been registered at Laban Police Station under sections 326/307/506/34 IPC; following which 3 suspects were picked up yesterday and 8 suspects were picked up today by police for interrogation. Statements of the victims as well as the bystanders have been recorded and further investigation of the case is in progress.
Police department hereby, appeals to all those witness(es) to kindly come forward in helping the investigation team to ascertain the facts and circumstances of the case and most importantly, to help in identifying the perpetrators of the crime.
The identity of those who are willing to help the police team will be kept as confidential and will not be disclosed.
Furthermore, the department also issues a stern warning to any individual who incites or breach communal peace and harmony, as stringent action as per relevant provisions of law will be taken against them.
The injured person in the assaults incident they were, Arindam Deb, Subharshi Das Purkayastha, Saptarshi Das Purkayastha, Binak Deb, Bishal Ghosh, and Prittish Deb.
