Alleged encroacher beaten and shot dead in Sipajhar

Guwahati: Disturbing images and videos from the eviction ground in Darrang’s Sipajhar were seen on Thursday as a man was brutally beaten up and then shot dead by the police in a retaliation action.

The person killed in police action is still to be identified officially. He was seen chasing the police with a stick in a visual and then the police in retaliation started to beat him with sticks and batons. The retaliation by the police did not just end with the beating, he was even shot in the chest despite him being lifeless on the ground.

Apart from the police, another person was seen attacking the person.

People have claimed that the situation in the video did not look like a clash between police and encroacher but it was seen as a lynching scenario.

It may be mentioned that the person killed in the police action was termed to be an encroacher and the police along with the administration had attempted to evict more such people when a clash took place. Several villagers claimed to be encroachers had also attacked the police with sticks as well as other lethal weapons.

Further details to be updated…

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