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Nagaon Schoolgirl Killed

By Pankaj Sharma |


In a tragic and heartening incident of a love story ending up in a a disaster, here at Nagaon on Monday. One Shobit Bora (35) called his girlfriend Binita Das (15) to meet near Hatigaon railway track around 6 PM. When the girl went to meet him, the man than allegedly pushed the girl inintoa approaching train. The girl died on the spot. Local people got angry after learning about the incident, brought the dead body to the man's house. The mob then tried to perform the last rites of the girl by burning her at the verandah of the boys house. Police rushed to the spot and tried to control the situation, they had lathicharge to disperse the crowd. The crowd however burned the body and fire brigade had to be called in. The incident happened near the NH 37 passing through the area.


The dead girl's mother said, around 6 pm on Monday their daughter received a call from Shobit bora and then went to meet him. Accused Shobit Bora had a grocery shop in the village which was vandalised by the irate mob. The girl was a student of class 9 of BKB Higher secondary school.


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