A mother-son duo was murdered six months ago in Guwahati but the case has taken the Assamese media by storm only this week with the arrest of main accused Bandana Kalita and her friends Arup Deka and Dhonti Deka.
From unsubstantiated claims about refrigerated body parts and demands by accused to eat chicken in custody, to an invasion of privacy that has put families on the edge, coverage of the case gradually seems to be setting a benchmark in sensationalist practices for regional news channels.
