• Five arrested in Assam-Arunachal border firing incident, Assam Police to get custody

    Regional
    Five arrested in Assam-Arunachal border firing incident, Assam Police to get custody

    In a shooting incident that happened in the Panbari area near the Assam-Arunachal border in Dhemaji earlier yesterday, two people were killed and two others were injured.

    Digital Desk: Assam Director General of Police (DGP), G. P. Singh, announced on Tuesday that five people had been taken into custody by Arunachal Pradesh police on suspicion of killing two Assam youths in Dhemaji district along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border. 

    He added that the five accused would be handed over to Assam police after following the proper protocol.

     “Reference the firing incident at the Assam-Arunachal border in Dhemaji & Gogamukh PS case No. 63/23 u/s 147/148/302/326/307 IPC r/w 25 (1) (a)/27 (3) of Arms Act - Arunachal Police has arrested 5 accused persons.,” he wrote on Twitter. 



    In a shooting incident that happened in the Panbari area near the Assam-Arunachal border in Dhemaji earlier yesterday, two people were killed and two others were injured.

    Miscreants from Arunachal Pradesh are accused of carrying out the attack. The deceased were identified as Boga Chutia and Monitu Gogoi. 

    The Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) also organised a rally in Dhemaji, where they could be heard yelling anti-Pema Khandu slogans and burning an effigy of him.
     Following a meeting between the Deputy Commissioner (DC) and Superintendent of Police (SP) of the Lower Siang and Dhemaji districts, the Arunachal police reaffirmed their resolve to work with other law enforcement agencies to look into the incident and take appropriate action against the offenders. Following the Arms Act, a case has been filed at the Gogamukh Police Station.