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Child killed, 4 injured as tea estate owner fires
PTI, Mar 22, 2010, 02.10pm IST
Tags:Assam|fire|Guwahati|tea garden firing|tea estate owner|boy dies|Assam violenceGUWAHATI: A 15-year-old boy was killed and four others were injured on Monday when the owner of a tea estate allegedly fired at angry protesters, who set ablaze two garden factories and the owner's residence, police said.
The victim was identified as class eight school student Pradip Murari, while two of the injured were Suren Ram Bodo and Khasi Ram Bodo, they said.
The situation turned volatile after Mridul Kumar Bhattacharjee, the owner of Rani Tea Estate prevented Jogmaya Boro from trespassing through his garden.
Alleging that the woman was beaten up and her clothes torn by Bhattacharjee, angry estate labourers and locals protested against the incident.
After a spat, the tea garden owner, allegedly fired at them, killing the boy on the spot and wounding four others, police said.
The irate mob then torched the residence of the garden owner, two of the factories, several vehicles and other property, officials said, adding that fire tenders were also prevented from entering the garden.
Locals also claimed that Bhattacharjee had been creating a fear psychosis for the last 15 years by physically abusing them, brandishing pistols, grabbing land and even polluting drinking water sources.
Whereabouts of the garden owner is yet to be known, even as the agitated locals are demanding his arrest, police said.
The injured were admitted to the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital.
Child killed, 4 injured as tea estate owner fires - Guwahati - City - The Times of India
PTI, Mar 22, 2010, 02.10pm IST
Tags:Assam|fire|Guwahati|tea garden firing|tea estate owner|boy dies|Assam violenceGUWAHATI: A 15-year-old boy was killed and four others were injured on Monday when the owner of a tea estate allegedly fired at angry protesters, who set ablaze two garden factories and the owner's residence, police said.
The victim was identified as class eight school student Pradip Murari, while two of the injured were Suren Ram Bodo and Khasi Ram Bodo, they said.
The situation turned volatile after Mridul Kumar Bhattacharjee, the owner of Rani Tea Estate prevented Jogmaya Boro from trespassing through his garden.
Alleging that the woman was beaten up and her clothes torn by Bhattacharjee, angry estate labourers and locals protested against the incident.
After a spat, the tea garden owner, allegedly fired at them, killing the boy on the spot and wounding four others, police said.
The irate mob then torched the residence of the garden owner, two of the factories, several vehicles and other property, officials said, adding that fire tenders were also prevented from entering the garden.
Locals also claimed that Bhattacharjee had been creating a fear psychosis for the last 15 years by physically abusing them, brandishing pistols, grabbing land and even polluting drinking water sources.
Whereabouts of the garden owner is yet to be known, even as the agitated locals are demanding his arrest, police said.
The injured were admitted to the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital.
Child killed, 4 injured as tea estate owner fires - Guwahati - City - The Times of India
