Guwahati, Jan 19: A 24-year-old youth is suspected to have been lynched by an unruly mob in Assam’s Bajali district on Wednesday.

The deceased youth has been identified as Dhruba Jyoti Choudhury, a resident of Kumarpara in Bajali.

He was rushed to GNRC hospital in Guwahati where he succumbed to injuries. “Injuries on the young man’s bodies indicated that he was murdered. But how he was killed is not clear till now,” said a police source.

Family members of the deceased youth have lodged an FIR at Patacharkuchi police station in Assam. The family alleged that he was murdered, and urged the police to arrest the culprits.

The alleged mob lynching is related to another incident that took place on January 16, during which one Bipul Das was killed in a road accident.

“We have registered a case and started our investigation. We have arrested two suspects in connection with the incident,” said a police official.