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Kidnappers arrested

By Hantigiri Narzary |

Police have last evening apprehended two persons- Ramen Barman and Rameswar Saikia, the masterminds behind the kidnapping of a small time businessman Hazrat Ali, who was kidnapped on 29 December from Tulsibari under Rangia police station in Kamrup district.

According to police, Ramen  Barman of Shahpur and Rameswar Saikia of Suwapur, both under Tamulpur police station in Baksa district kidnapped Ali at gunpoint in a Tata Sumo, identifying themselves as NDFB-S adn wearing SSB uniform on the evening of December 29 last when Ali was returning home from his shop at Tulsibari under Rangia police station in Kamrup district.

Police said, the kidnappers along with other associate took Ali to Lotibari under Tamulpur police station in Baksa where he was kept at the house of Saikia elder sister’s place.

Police have on December 31 rescued Ali and arrested one Riyan Das alias Raju Kumar alias Amit Kumar of Bihar’s Akbar Nagar in connection with the case. He is jail now, police said.

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