Overview
- Police recovered the decomposed body of a 19-year-old student from a toilet tank at a Titabar business premises four days after she was reported missing.
- Self-proclaimed faith healer Jagat Singh is in custody and, according to police sources, allegedly confessed and guided officers to the location.
- The body was found in a semi-nude state, prompting suspicion of sexual assault, and it has been sent to Jorhat Medical College and Hospital for post-mortem.
- Large demonstrations have continued outside the local station, with residents and groups including KMSS demanding capital punishment and the demolition of Singh’s ashram.
- Jorhat SP Subrajit Bora said Titabar’s Officer-in-Charge Lakshman Kumar Das has been placed under reserve closed status as security was reinforced and the inquiry advances.