GUWAHATI, Dec 19: In a shocking incident, three members of a family were hacked to death by unknown persons last night at Sarupathar in eastern Assam’s Golaghat district.
According to the police source, Jimmy Brown Borgohain, his wife Manjit and their 11-year-old daughter Rose were clubbed to death with sharp weapons last night before their dead bodies wereburnt by the unidentified persons.
Reports said, the culprits after killing the three persons burnt them infront of the victims house. The police who rushed to the spot only this morning found the charred bodies.
According to the reports, Jimmy Brown’s family came to Sarupathar from Guwahati sometimes back in 2009. The family established an English medium school in the village where the Christians are in majority.
Meanwhile, till the filing of this story, the police have no clue about who might have been behind the incident. However, they suspected it could be due to personal enmity.
Reports had it that Jimmy was a quarelsome person who used to entangle in arguments and quarels with the fellow villagers very often.
Meanwhile, unconfirmed reports said that two persons have been detained by the police in this connection.
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