Assam College Girl succumbed to injury for rejecting marriage proposal: Dibrugarh

Nandita Saikia, the college girl from the Lakhimpur district in Assam, who sustained grievous injuries in a machete (dao) attack, has succumbed to her injuries.

Nandita Saikia was attacked with a machete (dao) on Saturday, by Rintu Sarma in the Dhemaji district of Assam.

Nandita was killed by Rintu Sharma with a machete for rejecting his marriage proposal.

She hailed from Naba Kathbari village in Dhakuakhana. She was a BA third-semester student of Maridhal College in Dhemaji.

Following the attack, Nandita was undergoing treatment at the Brahmaputra Diagnostic and Hospital in Dibrugarh, Assam. 

According to police, Nandita was attacked by Rintu Sarma with a machete, while she was with her classmate Kashmira Dutta and her father Deba Dutta at the Dhemaji bus stand.

“The three of them were immediately admitted to the Dhemaji Civil Hospital for treatment. Later, Nandita Saikia was shifted to Assam Medical College and Hospital in Dibrugarh, then to Brahmaputra Hospital,” police said.

However, Rintu Sarma is an employee at the Maridhal College in Dhemaji, where the victim was a student.

Meanwhile, police have arrested Rintu Sarma in this connection.

Condemning the incident many politicians and celebrities took to their respective social media platform and also expressed their grief.

I extend my heartfelt condolences to the family of Nandita Saikia, who succumbed to her injuries today. Anguished by the act of the perpetrator, urge the administration to take necessary steps to provide exemplary punishment to the accused.

— Ajit Kumar Bhuyan (@AjitKrBhuyan) August 25, 2021

Nandita Saikia, student of Maridhal College, Dhemaji, succumbed to her injuries at a Nursing Home today after being stabbed by an employee of the college. Deeply saddened and anguished by the untimely death of the student. I express my deepest condolences to the bereaved family.

— Ashraful Hussain (@AshrafulMLA) August 25, 2021

It was absolutely heartbreaking to find out that Moridhal attack victim Nandita Saikia has passed away.
It is my earnest appeal to the police and the judiciary to ensure swift, strict and exemplary punishment for this criminal. My sincere condolences to Nandita's family.

— Aimee Baruah (@AimeeBaruah) August 25, 2021

Check the video after the culprit confessed that he did so because the girl rejected her marriage proposal.

The monster confessed that he did so because the girl rejected his love proposal.
Assam Police should h@ng this monster. No need of any court order..

Let's pray for Nandita, As she is struggling for her life..🙏 pic.twitter.com/BYBRKHHmjC

— Ron Bikash Gaurav (@RonBikashGaurav) August 23, 2021