Assam: Five dacoits held for looting Siliguri man in Guwahati

Guwahati: The police in Assam were able to apprehend five dacoits in Guwahati on Monday.

This was done after a person named Mukesh Choudhury from Siliguri filed a complaint against them.

According to reports, the five dacoits looted Mukesh of his expensive phone, purse, ATM cards and bag.

The accused have been identified as Nabirul Islam, Anamika alias Aqlima Khatun, Banis Ali, Noor Mohammad, and Saleha Khatun.

As per reliable information, Mukesh arrived in the city at the Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT) and from there he was called to Ulubari, where he met Noor Mohammad, one of the gang members, who took him to a hotel and fed him some food which had intoxicants.

With the assistance of Banis Ali, alias Rahul Ali, Nabirul Islam and Saleha Khatun, they took an auto rickshaw and travelled with Mukesh the entire day, during which they got him intoxicated.

Following this, they robbed Mukesh and abandoned him at the roadside.

After the incident, Mukesh, on January 10, returned to Siliguri.

However, between January 11 and January 14, an amount of Rs. 3.50 lakh was fraudulently withdrawn from his bank account.

After this he filed a complaint with the Paltan Bazaar Police Station. After the polce received a tip-off they arrested the culprits in Darrang district.

Three more suspects were later apprehended in Goalpara.

The case is presently under investigation and all the accused will be produced before the court soon.