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Cultural activist Bipin Dutta of Kalugaon, Sivasagar no more


Veteran actor, director Bipin Dutta of Kalugaon, Sivasagar, died at a nursing home in Dibrugarh on Wednesday. he was 72. Starting his carrier as an actor late Dutta earned a good reputation in the cultural field of our state. He was associated with many cultural and social organisations. Many organisations condolence at his sudden demise and took out a procession from Joysagar to Kalugon with his dead body.




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