73 Year old Elderly doctor Dr Deben Dutta assaulted to death in Assam tea garden following worker death
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Assam: Showing that brutality against doctors has reached limitless heights, as a 73 year senior doctors was brutally assaulted to death by tea planters following the death of a patient
The elderly doctor of a tea estate in Assam's Jorhat district has succumbed to his injuries allegedly inflicted by garden workers following the death of one of their colleagues who was undergoing treatment at a hospital in the plantation, officials said.
The incident occurred at Teok tea estate on August 31.
"The garden doctor, 73-year-old Dr Deben Dutta was assaulted following the death of one Somra Majhi who was undergoing treatment at the estate's hospital," a statement by Jorhat district Deputy Commissioner Roshni Aparanji Korati said.
Korati said tea garden workers had gheraoed the hospital and Dr Dutta had to be rescued by the police.
He was shifted to Jorhat Medical College and Hospital, where he died while undergoing treatment, she said.
The elderly doctor of a tea estate in Assam's Jorhat district has succumbed to his injuries allegedly inflicted by garden workers following the death of one of their colleagues who was undergoing treatment at a hospital in the plantation, officials said.
The incident occurred at Teok tea estate on August 31.
"The garden doctor, 73-year-old Dr Deben Dutta was assaulted following the death of one Somra Majhi who was undergoing treatment at the estate's hospital," a statement by Jorhat district Deputy Commissioner Roshni Aparanji Korati said.
Korati said tea garden workers had gheraoed the hospital and Dr Dutta had to be rescued by the police.
He was shifted to Jorhat Medical College and Hospital, where he died while undergoing treatment, she said.
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