HT Correspondent
DIBRUGARH, March 31: An agitated mob burnt down a police vehicle parked at Kharsang police station on Wednesday in Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang district over the alleged murder of a 25-year-old woman. The protests demanding justice for the woman wanted the accused to be handed over to them. Over 100 people assembled in front of the police station in protest when it took an ugly turn as the protestors resorted to the torching of a police vehicle parked inside the police station premises.
According to reports, on March 7, a young woman went missing from Injan village. Later, her decomposed body was recovered following which police arrested two-person for their alleged involvement in the murder.
Changlang SP Mihin Gambo informed, “The situation is now under control in Kharsang. The locals are demanding capital punishment for both the accused. The woman failed to return to her home on March 7, and on March 11 a missing complaint was filed at Kharsang police station. As the investigation took its course, the decomposed body of the woman was recovered on March 30. We have successfully arrested both the accused and as the law shall take action against them,” SP said.
Notably, the accused have been identified as Dinesh Mardi, 22, and Arun Kisko, 20, both belong to Assam and were reportedly working at a tea factory in Kharsang.