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Nagaon petrol pump looting and shooting incident: Assam Police arrest six dacoits with arms

Guwahati: Police have arrested six dacoits in Assams Nagaon district who looted Rs 1.5 lakhs from an employee of a petrol pump.

An employee of a petrol pump at Kathiatoli area in Nagaon district was injured after the dacoits fired upon him.

The dacoits looted Rs 1.5 lakh from the petrol pump employee on Oct 11.

According to the reports, following the incident, the Nagaon district police launched operation at different locations in the district and arrested the six-member dacoit gang on Sunday.

The arrested dacoits were identified as Md Nuruddin, Md Omar Faruk, Md Suruj Ali, Md Sarabat Ali, Md Kitab Ali and Md Jogdadul Islam.

Police also recovered one 7.65 mm pistol with magazine, two rounds of live ammunition and two bikes which were used in executing the crime.

Nagaon district Superintendent of Police (SP) Shankar Brata Raimedhi during interrogation of the arrested persons said that they were involved in the looting and shooting incident.

Following the incident we had launched operation at four different locations in the district against the people who were involved in the firing incident at Kathiatoli petrol pump. We had arrested six persons and during interrogation we found that, these six persons were involved in the incident, Raimedhi said.

(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)

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