Assam: 2 arrested in connection with senior doctor assault case in Biswanath
Senior medical officer of Majuligarh Tea Estate Basanta Goswami was assaulted over enforcement of COVID restrictions in the garden area on Wednesday, police said.;
Tezpur: Two persons have been arrested for their alleged involvement in another case of assault of a doctor in Assam's Biswanath district, police said on Friday.
Senior medical officer of Majuligarh Tea Estate Basanta Goswami was assaulted over enforcement of COVID-19 restrictions in the garden area on Wednesday, police said.
The assailants had escaped after the incident.
A massive manhunt was launched by the police to nab them and two of them were arrested on Thursday.
Another person is absconding and efforts are on to nab him, the police said.
This is the third incident of attack on doctors in the state in June.
On June 1, a junior doctor was assaulted by relatives of a patient at a Covid Care Centre in Hojai district. The police have arrested 28 people in connection with the incident.
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