Aditya Ankur, Tezpur: In a historic judgement additional district and session judge (fast track) AM Muhammad Mahiuddin in Tezpur court awarded life time imprisonment on Tuesday to one Gitumoni Bezbaruah involved in the double murder case of Tezpur-Patiachuburi area under Tezpur Kacharigaon Police outpost here on November 20 in 2020 while the court released Ujjal Bezbaruah (Gitumoni’s elder brother) from the charges of his involvement in the gruesome killing due to the lack of sufficient evidence against him. It is to be mentioned here that in the heinous incident an American citizen Braiyan Arij (84) and his wife Asha Arij (65) an Indian origin woman of Dehradun were brutally killed triggering a great sensation in the region. It needs mention here that Braiyan after getting Indian citizenship he married Asha Arij an inhabitant of Dehradun and following service-related reasons, he was posted to Tezpur under Project Vartak of the Union Ministry of Defence. However, after his retirement, Braiyan with his family settled at Patiachuburi area in Tezpur town. As the aged couple lived in Patiachuburi area for over 30 years, a bonhomie developed between the couple with people of the locality and as during the incident the neighbours did not see the old couple for around 24 hours, suspecting something unnatural, it was reported to police. Police subsequently rushed to the spot and discovered the bodies of the couple in two different rooms in pools of blood. Investigation had been expedited and later police managed to apprehend the duo accused who confessed that they murdered the couple in cold blood only with the intention of robbery. Meanwhile, the neighbours including Sonia Gill, a family closely attached to the unfortunate old couple who demanded quick apprehension of the culprits exemplary punishment to them.
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