Guwahati: People staged massive protest in Assam’s Dibrugarh after the body of a 4-years-old child was found in an abandoned urinal in PWD colony near old high school field in upper Assam Dibrugarh on Friday morning.
The protesters raised slogan against police for failing to take action on time.
“The Dibrugarh police have failed to take action on time against the kidnapper as a result the child was killed. If the police would take quick action then the life of the innocent child could be saved,” a protester said.
According to police, a man saw the body covered with a cloth while going for urination.
It is to be mentioned that a child was abducted from Malipatty in the city on January 30.
Dibrugarh superitendent of police Shwetank Mishra said, “The body of a four year old boy was found from an abandoned place near old high school field area on Friday morning when a man spotted the body covered with a cloth. We have already arrested the person on yesterday identified as Suraj Karmakar who abducted the child,”.
“The accused is in our police custody and we started interrogation. We have attested the accused after getting CCTV footage,” Mishra said.
He added, “The accused was an alcoholic. We suspected that he murder the child and dumped his body in the abandoned place. We have started investigation to know the modous operandi of the crime,”.
The 4-years-old child was the son of Ranjit Bailung of Malipatty area, Dibrugarh.
On the other hand, a section of conscious people of Dibrugarh raised question on police.
“The police should take the case seriously. They should immediately find out the person and nabbed him. They have took the case lightly that’s why the crime happened,” alleged a resident of Dibrugarh.