JORHAT, Dec 26 - Police arrested 11 persons on charges of murdering a youth by attacking him first and then setting him on fire on the night of December 10 near Cinnamara on the outskirts of the city.
A police source said that the arrests were made after a case of murder was registered at Jorhat Police Station after Amrita Kaur, wife of Uttam Borpatra Gohain (37), a resident of Sadar Majgaon of Cinnamara here filed an FIR alleging her husband died of burn injuries at the Assam Medical College and Hospital, Dibrugarh on December 13 following an attack on him by a gang of criminals on the night of December 10.
She alleged that her husband was attacked by the gang near the District Industrial Centre and then set on fire. All the accused were sent to judicial custody by a court here.
