Assam Police used GPS to track down suspects of Guwahati Grenade Blast Incident

Guwahati: After the grenade attack, Assam police had tracked down five suspected accused having links to ULFA-I and were directly involved in the Grenade Blast incident on Wednesday evening.

Meanwhile, a private company namely Ahija.com that provides Bikes and Cars on Rent in the Guwahati city had organized a press conference in connection to the Grenade Blast incident.

The group had narrated how the GPS data of the vehicle used in the blast helped the police immediately to carry forward the investigation regarding the incident.

After watching the images of suspected accused Janabi Saikia on television, the booking department of AHIJA immediately recognized her face and at the same time the GPS monitoring team of AHIJA informed the manager that a particular vehicle of Ahija was in Geetanagar Police station. Connecting all the dots together, AHIJA immediately contacted the DGP, who was busy in a meeting with the CM Sarbananda Sonowal, therefore, DGP directed DCP Dharmendra Das to carry out the investigation further. Ahija had a private meeting with the DCP and police on May 16 in the evening where information was shared regarding the vehicle and its renter.

This is how the police were able to fast forward their investigation.

It is to be noted that if this would have been a stolen vehicle or an auto rickshaw or any other public bus or vehicle without a GPS installed, it would not have been possible for the police to act so quickly and effectively.