Guwahati, Aug. 21 -- In a significant verdict, the Dhemaji District and Sessions Court today sentenced Rintu Sharma to death for the brutal murder of 21-year-old college student Nandita
Saikia, bringing closure to a case that had shocked Assam and sparked widespread outrage
in 2021.
Nandita, a promising student of Moridhal College, was hacked to death on August 21, 2021, in an attack that also left her classmate, Kashmina Dutta, and Kashmina's father, Deba Dutta, grievously injured.
The crime, committed in broad daylight, had sent shockwaves across the state, triggering protests from student bodies, women's groups, and civil society demanding exemplary punishment for the perpetrator.
The Dhemaji Police had registered the case as No. 39...