Minor’s gang rape ‘an attack on indigenous people’: Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam Police arrested one of three suspects in the gang rape of a 14-year-old girl in Nagaon, sparking protests demanding capital punishment. CM Himanta Biswa Sarma called it an attack on indigenous Assamese people, noting it was the 23rd such crime in two months in immigrant-populated areas. Local organizations also protested for strict penalties.