Kingpins of dacoity incident arrested

After one month of dreaded dacoity incidents held at East Aralia and Baldakhal, the police have also managed to arrest another kingpin involved in the dacoity incident held at Baldakhal on August 23rd night.

Police sources said that based on the dacoity case registered at Budhjungnagar police station on August 24 last, the investigation team through scientific investigation and using technical aid, arrested prime accused person of the incident identified as Safar Ali (41), son of Bahar Miah of Loknath Para, Aralia under East Agartala police station.

Based on the interrogation statements of arrest dacoit Safar Ali, police have also managed to arrest another kingpin of the dreaded dacoity incident of Baldakhal robbery case namely Ashim Das from Bagbari under Lefunga police station last night. He was forwarded before a local court and police got 5 days remand. He was also arrested earlier in two more property offence cases under East Agartala and R K Pur police stations.

Police added that a massive scientific investigation is going on to arrest other culprits involved in two dacoity incidents held at Champamura area of East Aralia and Baldakhal area on August 21 and 23rd night respectively. They added that the investigations are continuous raids in different locations to arrest associates of the two arrested dacoits involved in many stolen cases.

It may be recalled here that though city police claimed that during last fortnight the incidents stolen has been reduced across the city, but on Saturday evening two major robbery incidents were held at East Aralia and Chandrapur areas under East Agartala police station. Despite police assurance of increases in night patrolling and police surveillance, just a few days before the festivities of Durga Puja, still major parts of Agartala city remain unguarded in night time. (OVER)