The Assam government would order an enquiry into the suicide by
international archer Pratima Boro during the ongoing national team
selection camp in Pune.
A special team of Assam Police would conduct the investigations into
the 22-year-old archer's death. A hopeful for the 2016 Olympics at Rio
de Janerio, 23-year-old Pratima allegedly committed suicide on Friday
by hanging herself from the ceiling fan in her room at the Army Sports
Institute.
A suspected Dimasa National Liberation Front group was arrested at Hatikhali in Dima Hasao district on Friday.Identified as Son Khelma, the militant was nabbed when he came to collect extortion money from a bank in the area.The DNLF had about four years ago abducted at gun-point four surveyors for a Chennai-based private company from Khelma Basti village under Langting police station of the district. Later they were rescued by extremists of another insurgent outfit Dima Halam Daogah (Jewel faction) after an encounter between the two groups and handed over to the police.
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