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Cotton lecturer murdered in city

By Staff Reporter

GUWAHATI, April 18 � Sensation prevailed in Ambari area after Bibha Devi (45), a lecturer of Zoology department of the prestigious Cotton College was found murdered in her official residence located on the Md Tayabullah Road.

The deceased was last seen near the Professor�s Colony on Saturday where she had been residing since the last five years. Though a permanent residence of Gandhibasti area, Devi � a spinster � had been staying alone at her official accommodation.

Investigators after taking stock of the crime scene suspected the gruesome murder to have taken place on Saturday even-ing.

Police said that the victim�s mouth was gagged with a piece of curtain cloth and the body was spotted by one of her neighbours this morning after which they were informed.

Additional SP (City), Longnit Terang, when contacted, said, �One of the deceased�s relatives called her last evening asking her to accompany him to a meeting in the department but she skipped the meeting stating that she had got some repair work to do at home for which she had asked a carpenter to come. We are looking for the carpenter.�

�Investigation is on and we are probing all angles, and the exact reason behind the murder cannot be ascertained at this point of time,� he added.

�Scratch marks are evident on the entire body, including the face, which indicates that the victim tried to resist the attempt for quite some time,� a senior Assam Police official stated.

A forensic team of the CID rushed to the spot and the body was sent for post-mortem. Neighbours informed that the door of the deceased�s residence had been open since last evening. A section of other people had also seen a suspected person coming out from her residence around 4 pm.

In another mysterious incident, family members of Olokamoni Gogoi (28), a newly-married woman, had lodged an FIR after her body was found hanging from the ceiling of her house in Noonmati�s Salbari area this morning.

The FIR alleged that Olokamoni�s in-laws had been demanding dowry ever since she was married to Dhirajmoni Gogoi about 11 months back. Dhirajmoni has been detained.

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