Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal also said that the state government has also instituted an inquiry in this regard. He said Commissioner and Finance Secretary Shyam Jagannathan had been asked to carry out the inquiry regarding the killing.
Sonowal also had a telephonic conversation with the widow of slain doctor and assured that strict action will be initiated against those who took law in their hands.
Meanehile, a delegation of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) visited Datta's house on Wednesday and slammed the role of the Chief Minister and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for failing to come out with a statement regarding the brutal killing of the doctor on duty.
The IMA also threatened to launch a countrywide stir soon if the government fails to book the culprits and ensure justice to the family of the deceased.
On Saturday, a group of agitated tea garden workers attacked and killed the doctor in the hospital over the death of a labourer. Dutta was not available in the hospital when the labourer was admitted into the hospital in a critical condition. The patient had already died when the doctor reached the hospital only to face the ire of the about 300 workers, who beat him to death.
( With inputs from IANS )