GUWAHATI: The prime accused in a 2018 Guwahati-related murder case was arrested by police from Bihar's Muzaffarpur area on Thursday. He was brought to Guwahati on Friday.
A businessman Tribhuban Gupta was seriously injured after he was shot from a close distance at Athgaon, Guwahati in 2018. Later, he succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in which he was admitted following the incident.
According to reports, the accused Aditya Singh (aka Niraj Singh) was nabbed by police in Muzaffarpur in Bihar on Thursday evening. A team of cops from Guwahati communicated with Bihar police and went to Muzaffarpur to bring Aditya Singh to Guwahati.
A case under various sections of the Indian Penal Code has been registered against Aditya by the police.
Initial investigations had suggested the shootout was possibly a result of a personal grudge or rivalry due to various reasons. As per the police, someone close to Gupta orchestrated the crime through a hired shooter, initial investigations said.
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