Overview
- Angel Chakma, 24, succumbed after roughly two weeks in intensive care at Graphic Era Hospital following a December 9 attack in Dehradun’s Selaqui area.
- The assault began after Angel and his brother objected to casteist and racial slurs, and attackers allegedly used a knife and metal knuckles or a kada while intoxicated.
- An FIR based on a complaint by his brother, Michael Chakma, led to the December 14 arrests of five accused, who are in judicial custody.
- Uttarakhand police say a sixth suspect, described as a Nepal national, fled across the border and is being traced as the investigation continues.
- The victim, a resident of Tripura’s Unakoti district and a student at Jigyasa University, has been taken home by his BSF-jawan father for last rites.