Assam police arrest Subodh Biswas and his associate from West Bengal-Bangladesh boder
The village where Biswas was caught is along the India-Bangladesh border.
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Assam police led by ADGP Mukesh Agarwala arrested Subodh Biswas, national president of Nikhil Bharat Bangali Udbastu Samanvay Samiti (NIBBUSS) from Bijoynagar area in North 24 Parganas district , two kilometers away from Bangladesh border, at around 4-30 am.
The sleuths of Assam police also caught an associate of Subodh Biswas identified as Subhash Biswas from the area.
Assam police ADGP Pallav Bhattacharya said that following intelligence input, the sleuths of Assam police with support of West Bengal Police had launched an operation at the bordering area and arrested the most wanted person of Assam police.
"Subodh Biswas had taken shelter in a house of one Krishna Biswas, a retired teacher, for the past three days," the top cop said.
Assam police had earlier declared the NIBBUSS president and prime accused of the AASU office attack in Silapathar as Most Wanted and announced a cash bounty of Rs 1 lakh to anyone who provides useful information about Subodh Biswas.
Assam police Director General Mukesh Sahay said that, Subodh Biswas and his associate had managed to flee from Silapathar to Dibrugarh and left for West Bengal by train.
"Following the AASU office attack incident, police has arrested over 50 persons in connection with the incident. A case (67/2017) was registered against Subodh Biswas under section 147/148/149/448/325/307/427/153(A) of IPC. Investigation is ongoing and no one will be excused who involved in the incident," Mukesh Sahay said.
Meanwhile, Subodh Biswas and his associate have been produced before the district court at Bongaon and Assam police would likely seek them in transit remand.
Earlier, the Assam police team had carried out operations in search of the most wanted person in New Delhi, Tripura, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Andaman, and Arunachal Pradesh.
The activists of NIBBUSS led by Subodh Biswas had vandalised a local office of AASU in Silapathar in northern Assam's Dhemaji district on March 6 last.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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