Situation under control in Tinsukia tea estate
28 Dec 2012 7:02 AM IST
The law and order situation was under control even as tension gripped the MKB tea estate in Bordumsa of Assam’s Tinsukia district on Thursday, a day after a group of agitated labourers burnt alive the estate’s owner and his wife, police said.
Tinsukia superintendent of police P P Singh said the labourers continued their protest till late Wednesday night but a large number of security personnel were deployed in the tea estate to stop violence.
‘We recovered two lumps of flesh from the charred bungalow. We suspect them to be of the owner and his wife. However, we are awaiting the arrival of the victims’ son from Kolkata for an official confirmation,’ the Tinsukia police chief said. About 1,000 labourers on Wednesday evening allegedly set afire MKB tea estate owner Mridul Kumar Bhattacharya.
Tinsukia superintendent of police P P Singh said the labourers continued their protest till late Wednesday night but a large number of security personnel were deployed in the tea estate to stop violence.
‘We recovered two lumps of flesh from the charred bungalow. We suspect them to be of the owner and his wife. However, we are awaiting the arrival of the victims’ son from Kolkata for an official confirmation,’ the Tinsukia police chief said. About 1,000 labourers on Wednesday evening allegedly set afire MKB tea estate owner Mridul Kumar Bhattacharya.
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