Ten coal-laden trucks seized, drivers arrested at Jorabat

GUWAHATI: Bashishtha police seized ten coal-laden trucks and arrested as many drivers during an operation on Saturday night at Jorabat. The trucks from Meghalaya were going through Assam. The arrested drivers have been identified as Bala Ram Singh (HR69C4660) from Haryana, Ataur Rahman (AP16TH1199) from Howly in Barpeta, Chandreswar Saha (BR06GC7481) from Bihar, Sandip Kumar (HR69C7278) from Haryana, Bijender Singh (HR68B7552) from Haryana, Malay Sarkar (AP16TH9879) from Alipurdwar, Nagraj Ye (AP37TD5759) from Andhra Pradesh, Shihech Roe (AP31TZ4343) from Andhra Pradesh, Kesto Kumar (BR09GA9833) from Bihar and A Kasim (AP31TG9011) from Andhra Pradesh. A case (1419/18 u/s 120B/379/420IPC) has been registered in this connection at Bashishtha police station.