Jogdal Murder Case Update : Judicial Custody for 2 arrested Police Officials

06:13 AM Dec 08, 2017 | G Plus Digital Desk

The CID on Thursday arrested Pranab Kumar Deka, the then OC of Sonapur Police Sattion and and Abdul Matlif Choudhury, the then investigating officer of the local police station, Sonapur, in connection with the Jogdal murder case, after 8 years.

Both Deka and Choudhury were charged for destroying the evidence in their capacities of the Jogal murder case in which six members of a family were murdered in cold blood.

In 2009, Harakanta Doloi and five other of his family members were killed in cold blood by miscreants in Jogdal area under Sonapur police station.

The case was initially investigated by the Sonapur Police, but later handed over to the CID for investigation. 

The accused are charged under Section 120 B, 436 and 210 of the IPC.