Guwahati : Assam police on Friday had arrested two supari killers, who are allegedly planning to kill Assam finance minister and top BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma.
A top official of Assam police said that, based on intelligence input, police had arrested the persons from Singimari area near Dadara in Kamrup (Rural) district.
The arrested persons were identified as Paban Ali and Fakaruddin Ali and both are fourth grade employees in the state health department, which department is also hold by Himanta Biswa Sarma.
“They had planned to kill the Assam minister by using bomb,” the top police official said.
The top Assam cop said that, the arrested person duo had sent SMSes to former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, former Congress minister Rockybul Hussain, Congress’s Assam unit president Ripun Bora and a local Congress leader Dulu Ahmed to their mobile phones and seeking Rs 5 crore to kill the Assam finance minister.
Meanwhile, Assam DGP Mukesh Sahay said that, police had intercepted the SMSes and later arrested the person duo.
“Investigation is going on,” the Assam DGP said.
On the other hand, former Congress minister Rockybul Hussain said that, when he received the SMS from an unknown number, he had immediately forwarded it to the Assam DGP for further action.
Congress’s Assam unit president and MP for Rajya Sabha Ripun Bora said that, it is a political conspiracy against them and he has sought a CBI probe into the matter to find out actual facts.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
