Seven Arrested After Suspected Thief Dies Following Alleged Assault at Sonapur Resort

Overview

• Police say the 35-year-old man was detained on suspicion of theft at Hatimura in Sonapur, taken to a resort by staff, assaulted, and later declared brought dead at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital.
• The deceased was identified as Farjul Alom of Barghat in Tezpur, according to Sonapur police.
• Six resort employees — Mustafizur Hoque, Chitra Das, Ram Sunar, Sushil Nath, Satyajit Haloi, and Ranjit Brahma — and manager Manab Roy were apprehended.
• An FIR at Sonapur Police Station cites Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Sections 117(4) and 103(2) as investigators work to establish individual culpability.
• Reports state the man was moved by auto-rickshaw to the resort, then handed to Sonapur police in critical condition, and his family has sought a rigorous inquiry and strict punishment.