Overview
- Police identified the deceased as Ranjit Pandav, who allegedly chased residents with a machete during a domestic dispute in Bar Diroi, Demow, on Tuesday night.
- Neighbours Martin Pandav and his wife Geeta were injured in the attack and transferred to Assam Medical College and Hospital in Dibrugarh, where Martin remains critical and Geeta is out of danger.
- Authorities say officers tried to pacify the man, fired warning or blank shots, and then opened fire aiming at his leg when he charged at police.
- Pandav was taken by police vehicle to hospital and was declared dead on arrival, and his body has been sent for postmortem examination.
- Police report the locality is under control, statements from family and witnesses will be recorded, and locals and family members described prior alcohol-fueled aggression by the deceased.