Guwahati: Jorhat Police arrested one more accused of the AASU leader lynching case on Friday.
The accused was identified as Priyanshu Das aged 18 years. He is a residence of Borigaon village of Jorhat.
Priyanshu was seen attacking Animesh Bhuyan and his two friends Mridusmanta Baruah and Pranay Dutta at the Nirmal Chariali road of the town. The incident took place when the leader along with his friends was helping an aged person who collapsed on the road but the mob misinterpreted the situation and attacked the trio without knowing the truth.
In the incident, Animesh sustained grievous injuries and was rushed to hospital but was declared brought dead while his two friends are undergoing treatment at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital.
Earlier, the Jorhat Police arrested 13 accused of the incident including the prime accused of the case Niraj Das alias Kola Lora.
However, the next day of his arrest, Niraj was killed in an accident while he was trying to fly from the police custody.
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