HT Correspondent
JORHAT, Jan 8: A Jorhat police team arrested two persons from Nitaipukhuri area under Demow Police Station of Sivasagar district on charges of their involvement in the grenade blast incident at the Military Station, Lichubari, Jorhat on December 14, 2023 night.
It may be mentioned here that Ulfa (I) had claimed responsibility for the explosion sometime after the incident on December 14 night.
Jorhat superintendent of police Mohan Lal Meena told newspersons here on Monday that Rajpal Gogoi and Biplab Barua were apprehended on Sunday and were brought to Jorhat.
The duo reportedly have admitted during interrogation that they had kept a grenade near a power sub-station nearby the National Highway 715 (formerly 37) at Teok in Jorhat district on December 14 and it was later collected by Biraj Kachari and Achyut Gogoi, who were directly involved in the grenade lobbing incident at Lichubari, and already arrested on December 28, 2023.
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Meena said that Biplab had collected two grenades from near a bridge at Demow as per instruction of Aiseng Asom, an Ulfa (I) leader and he along with Rajpal Gogoi had come in a Wagon R car to drop the grenade at Teok which was later picked up Biraj Kachari and Achyut Gogoi and used for causing the blast at Lichubari here.
The SP said that Biplab further revealed that another grenade was delivered at Rajmai area in Sivasagar district and Sivasagar police were investigating the matter. He (SP) said that the police probe was underway to find out the source of the grenades and how it was brought to the spot from where Biraj had collected.
Meena further said that police from technical analysts found that an amount of Rs 5000 was transferred to Biraj Kachari by Rajpal Gogoi earlier from his mobile phone at a shop in Demow.
