In a heart-wrenching incident, a 26-year-old man named Rituparna Pegu was stabbed to death on broad daylight on Friday (12 June) afternoon. As per reports, the deceased is a resident of Commerce area of Guwahati.
The Guwahati Police has arrested 5 individuals in connection to the gruesome incident that took place in the Noonmati area of Guwahati, Assam. The accused, identified as Dulal Ali, Ibrahim Ali, Manowara Khatun, Hussain Ali and Arman Ali, were arrested based on CCTV footage of the shop.
Rituparna Pegu was at a shop named Armaan Home Furnishing which belonged to one Armaan Ali. The murderer, Hussain Ali, was an employee at the store. A heated argument ensued between the victim and Hussain, over a chair.
As per a news portal report, Pegu slapped the accused who then called his family members and thrashed the victim. Hussain then stabbed Pegu with a knife from behind. The victim immediately collapsed on the roadside and died. He was rushed to the hospital but it was in vain.
The widow of Rituparna Pegu has sought justice from the state government after her husband was brutally murdered in broad daylight on June 12.
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonwal handed over the probe into the murder of Rituparna Pegu at Noonmati to the Crime Investigation Department (CID) on Saturday.
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Rituparna a guy from Guwahati, was killed in broad daylight because he had a argument with someone name Hussain Ali for sitting on a stole. He was working as a salesman in a furniture shop. Hussain murdered him because he was sitting on a stole. This is really disturbing. pic.twitter.com/ntbc6wDvr0
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