Guwahati: Yet again a case of mob violence has been reported from Assam where a sub-divisional engineer (SDE) of APDCL was trashed by a irate mob.
The incident took place at Gauripur in Assam’s Dhubri district on Thursday evening.
Sources said the APDCL team led by SDE Manzoorul Haque, had gone to the Dumrdah village of the district after getting information that some villagers had been running water pump sets to water their paddy fields by pilfering electricity from the electric poles.
The APDCL team seized as many five water pump sets that were being used with pilferage electricity.
As the operation was going on, some of those involved in the illegal act, suddenly attacked the team of the APDCL.
The attack left at least two persons, including SDE Manzoorul Haque, critically injured.
SDE Haque is currently undergoing treatment at the GMCH and his condition is stated to be critical.
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