GUWAHATI: Former Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) MLA, Hitesh Basumatary and two others had been arrested in connection with the recovery of an enormous cache of illegal arms and ammunition on Saturday.
Hitesh has been an influential chief of the BPF, which dominated the Bodoland Territorial Council for 3 consecutive phrases since 2005. He represented the Chapaguri meeting constituency in the state meeting.
“Automatic assault rifles have been recovered from Hitesh’s residence. Cases have been registered under various sections of IPC and UAPA,” Kokrajhar SP Pushpraj Singh informed TOI.
The police mentioned Basumatary was picked up from his residence in Baksa district, whereas two others, Daorao Drkheb, a Bodo political chief, and Bikram Daimary, a BPF member, had been arrested from Kokrajhar district throughout operations launched virtually concurrently in the early hours on Saturday. Bikram is a resident of Udalguri district in the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) however was picked up from Gossaigaon in Kokrajhar district. Daorao hails from Kokrajhar.
Police sources mentioned they’re probing whether or not there was an intention to launch an armed group in BTR with the arms recovered. The trio had been produced earlier than an area court docket in Kokrajhar, which despatched Basumatary and Bikram to police custody for 5 days. Daorao has been despatched to judicial custody.
“We had an input on Hitesh Basumatary, which was shared with the Baksa district police. The Baksa police recovered the arms and live ammunition from his residence,” further SP, Kokrajhar, Nabanita Sharma, mentioned.
She added that although arms weren’t recovered from the possession of Bikram and Daorao however interrogation is on. “Both Bikram and Daorao were arrested in connection with the arms recovery,” she mentioned.
BPF’s arch rival, the United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL), an ally of the ruling BJP-led alliance, mentioned the recovery of the arms was a serious concern for BTR the place peace was returning in spite of everything 4 factions of the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) signed a truce deal in January 2020 throughout the third Bodo Peace Accord.
“It is a matter of concern that an ex-MLA from our region had to be arrested,” mentioned Assam minister and UPPL chief Urkhao Gowra Brahma.
BPF MLA Durga Das Boro mentioned, “BPF won’t protect its people if something is illegal. The law will take its own course.”
Hitesh has been an influential chief of the BPF, which dominated the Bodoland Territorial Council for 3 consecutive phrases since 2005. He represented the Chapaguri meeting constituency in the state meeting.
“Automatic assault rifles have been recovered from Hitesh’s residence. Cases have been registered under various sections of IPC and UAPA,” Kokrajhar SP Pushpraj Singh informed TOI.
The police mentioned Basumatary was picked up from his residence in Baksa district, whereas two others, Daorao Drkheb, a Bodo political chief, and Bikram Daimary, a BPF member, had been arrested from Kokrajhar district throughout operations launched virtually concurrently in the early hours on Saturday. Bikram is a resident of Udalguri district in the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) however was picked up from Gossaigaon in Kokrajhar district. Daorao hails from Kokrajhar.
Police sources mentioned they’re probing whether or not there was an intention to launch an armed group in BTR with the arms recovered. The trio had been produced earlier than an area court docket in Kokrajhar, which despatched Basumatary and Bikram to police custody for 5 days. Daorao has been despatched to judicial custody.
“We had an input on Hitesh Basumatary, which was shared with the Baksa district police. The Baksa police recovered the arms and live ammunition from his residence,” further SP, Kokrajhar, Nabanita Sharma, mentioned.
She added that although arms weren’t recovered from the possession of Bikram and Daorao however interrogation is on. “Both Bikram and Daorao were arrested in connection with the arms recovery,” she mentioned.
BPF’s arch rival, the United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL), an ally of the ruling BJP-led alliance, mentioned the recovery of the arms was a serious concern for BTR the place peace was returning in spite of everything 4 factions of the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) signed a truce deal in January 2020 throughout the third Bodo Peace Accord.
“It is a matter of concern that an ex-MLA from our region had to be arrested,” mentioned Assam minister and UPPL chief Urkhao Gowra Brahma.
BPF MLA Durga Das Boro mentioned, “BPF won’t protect its people if something is illegal. The law will take its own course.”
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