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Tinsukia border area tense over 'mysterious' death of Assamese girl in Arunachal

Tension gripped towns in the Assam-Arunachal border area over the 'mysterious' death of an Assamese girl at Bordumsa in the neigbouring Arunachal Pradesh. Tempers ran high after a 10-year-old girl from Tekeri in Assam's Pengeri was found dead in the house of a teacher where she was working as a domestic help in Bordumsa, Arunachal Pradesh.

Tinsukia border area tense over 'mysterious' death of Assamese girl in Arunachal
Tinsukia border area tense over 'mysterious' death of Assamese girl in Arunachal

By ETV Bharat English Team

Published : Dec 23, 2023, 5:29 PM IST

Updated : Dec 23, 2023, 7:17 PM IST

Tinsukia border area tense over 'mysterious' death of Assamese girl in Arunachal

Tinsukia (Assam) :Situation along Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border area in Tinsukia became tense following the mysterious death of a girl from Assam in neighboring Arunachal Pradesh. Tension prevailed in Bordumsa, an Arunachal town on the border with Assam, on Friday night over the death of the Assamese girl in the neigbouring Arunachal Pradesh.

Seeking justice to the family of the deceased girl, the local people as well as leaders of political parties and organizations came together to protest by closing the gates of Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border and burning tyres on the highway.

According to the details of the case, a 10-year-old girl from Tekeri in Pengeri was working as a domestic help at the house of Chinam Law alias Maylu Konwar, a teacher at Kamang Pathar Primary School in Bordumsa, Arunachal Pradesh. But on Friday, the body of the girl was found in the house of the teacher in a very mysterious manner.

According to a complaint lodged by the family members of the deceased girl, she was beaten to death. They alleged that the teacher tried to stage it as a case of suicide after the death of the teenager. The allegation was made by the family members of the deceased girl as the injury marks were evident in several places on the body of the deceased girl.

Meanwhile, the situation in Bordumsa, on the Assam-Arunachal border area, worsened on Friday night. However, later local police reached the protest site and brought the situation under control. Meanwhile, Bordumsa police station in Arunachal Pradesh has already registered a case in connection with the incident on its own and started an investigation. All facts will come to light only after the investigation into the incident is completed.

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