Angry mob brutally thrashed a man and his mother on suspicion of killing the wife of the man.

In yet another case of mob justice, an angry mob brutally thrashed a man and his mother on suspicion of killing the wife of the man in Shewpur Tea Estate at Rongpuria in upper Assamโ€™s Tinsukia district.

Police officials said while the man identified as Ajay Tanti sustained serious injuries, his mother Jamuna Tanti died on the way to hospital.

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The angry mob attacked Ajoy along with his mother Jamuna following the recovery of the body of his 23-year-old wife from a septic tank in their house. Ajoyโ€™s wife Radha Tanti Garh has been missing since Wednesday.

โ€œAfter the recovery of the body, an angry mob attacked Radhaโ€™s husband Ajay and his mother Jamuna Tanti injuring them seriously.  Both of them were rushed to Tinsukia Civil Hospital, where Jamuna was declared brought dead,โ€ said a police official.

โ€œWe have sent the dead body of Radha for post-mortem. We suspected that Radha was murdered and her body was dumped at the septic tank. We are investigating the matter,โ€ said a police official of Tinsukia police station.

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Police said those who are involved in the mob attacked will not be spared. โ€œNo one can take the law into their own hands. We will take strict action against them,โ€ the official said.

Avik Chakraborty is Northeast Now Correspondent in Dibrugarh. He can be reached at: [email protected]