Guwahati, June 3 -- A budding Assamese poet from upper Assam's Jorhat district has been accused of abetment to suicide in the death of a 24-year-old girl from Dhemaji.

Poet Achini Kumar Phukan, 25, whose poems have been featured in several leading Assamese magazines, including Satsori and Prakash, was arrested by Dhemaji police on April 6 in connection with the woman's death.

The incident, which occurred on March 2, 2025, only recently came to public attention.

According to the complaint filed by the victim's father, his daughter died by suicide due to the instigation by poet Phukan. The young woman had completed her master's degree in Hindi from Tezpur University.

Phukan, who hails from Titabar, himself holds a master's degree in Ass...