GUWAHATI: A local court has extended the police custody of the nine prime accused in the doctor assault case in Assam’s Hojai district by three more days.
Giving this informtion, Hojai superintendent of police Barun Purkayastha said police were initially allowed to take the accused under custody for three days.
“At the end of the granted period, police sought three more days of police custody for the accused from the court.
Accordingly, the court extended police custody of the accused for a period of three days which will end on Wednesday next,” he added.
Police arrested two more persons were in connection with the case on Saturday while two others were arrested on Wednesday night.
As many as 24 persons were arrested following the incident on Tuesday night.
Altogether 28 people have been arrested.
“Out of 28, 16 have been sent to jail, nine are in police custody and three others — who claimed to be minors — have been sent to juvenile home,” the SP said.
The accused have been charged under various sections of Indian Penal Code, Disaster Management Act, Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act (PDPP) and Assam Medicare Service Persons and Medicare Service Institutions (Prevention of Violence and Damage to property) Act.