Assam Home Guards Awarded Life Imprisonment In Murder Case

GUWAHATI: Two home guards were on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment by a sessions court in Assam's Sonitpur district in a murder case.

The Tezpur Sessions Court handed the sentence to Anjan Nath and Sailen Nath for the crime committed in 2013.

A penalty of Rs 10,000 each was also imposed on the duo by the court.

The home guards have been held guilty for the murder of a person in the Niz-Bahaguri area of the district on September 27, 2013.

Earlier in the month of October, Lumding police have arrested a home guard who has been involved in extorting money from several businessmen by impersonating a cop.

The accused who have been identified as Biplop Rai is reported to have been involved in several extortion cases in the area for the past few months.

According to sources, the Lumding police had arrested two other accomplices of Rai back on October 15, 2021.

Biplop Rai, who is the mastermind in the extortion case, was arrested after the Lumding police received a tip-off from sources.

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