Sixteen people have been arrested so far in the Debashish Gogoi lynching incident at Mariani under the Titabar sub-division.

According to a police official, 10 people have been arrested within five days of the incident that took place on May 29 and another six persons have been arrested for the past one week including the two men in the last two days.

The arrested persons are now in judicial custody asper the Titabar Sub-divisional judicial court orders.

The official further stated that the investigationinto the incident was on and many people have been picked up for questioningand released thereafter in the last 12 days.

Meanwhile, the magisterial inquiry ordered by theJorhat District Magistrate was underway.

Moreover, Additional Deputy Commissioner Biswajit Phukan, who is conducting the probe has recorded the statements of the deceased's father and elder sister, members of the public, and also police officials during the inquiry.