Assam: Eight cow lifters arrested in Sootea

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JAMUGURIHAT: Based on a secret input, a police team headed by ASP and DSP from the office of the Superintendent of Police, Biswanath, and a team from Sootea PS headed by Trilochan Das, Officer In-Charge, managed to arrest seven cattle lifters and a secret agent of the gang of cattle thieves on Saturday late evening. They were identified as Shariful Islam (28 years), Ghahigaon; Mehbub Ali (29 years), Ghahigaon; Mojibur Sarkar (40 years), Sadai Borah Village; Anowar Hussain (27 years), Bhuyanpara; Nur Haque Ali (35 years), Kherbari; Mahesh Khodal (36 years), No. 2 Tangia; Bolaram Majhi (45 years), No. 2 Tangia; and agent Jun Ali (28 years), Saraijania. The police team recovered two cattle heads from their possessions.

It is pertinent to mention here that a total of seven cattle heads were stolen from the householder of Khanaguri village here on April 25. Sootea Police had faced the outrage of the local residents due to their failure in checking the growing cattle theft cases. As per the demands of the victims and local conscious people, the Biswanath Police in collaboration with Sootea Police carried out a strict search operation on April 26 and managed to nab the cattle lifters and the agent. The victim families and the conscious people praised the timely action undertaken by Biswanath Police. The police team registered a case bearing case number 39/2025 US 61(2)/305(a)/317(4)/3(5) of BNS 2023 and booked them behind bars.

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