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One more extornist arrested

One more extornist arrested by police who was involved with extortion demand from a contractor of NTPC under Salakati police outpost in Kokrajhar late last night. Four persons were rushed to Harigaon yesterday to receive demand money in the name of NDFB-S where one Govindo Barman was red handed arrested, and on his revealed another involved person was arrested last night and two others are absconding. The arrested was identifiec as Biplob Debnath while absconding are identified as Krishna Debnath and Utpal Pandit. Police has been stepping to arrest the culprits who were involved with extortion served to common publics in the area, said a police officer.

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