August 08, 2026 08:30 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
'I'm ready to be humiliated': Vijay, Udhayanidhi Stalin clash in Tamil Nadu Assembly over Cauvery dispute | 'They don't need Mohan Bhagwat's certificate': Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's sharp reply to RSS chief's Gen Z remark | 'Students, Gen Z, ask me anything': Rahul Gandhi launches Instagram Q&A, responds to Jharkhand protest | PM Modi goes Gen Z, urges Indians to share 'Get Ready With Me' videos on National Handloom Day | Former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal sentenced to 10-year jail term in 2013 rape case as Bombay HC overturns acquittal | ‘Who brought a 12-year-old to protest?’ Advocate seeks POCSO case against CJP leaders | 'Unresponsive government': Jharkhand students escalate protest, demand CM Hemant Soren's exit | Former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal convicted in 2013 rape case as Bombay HC overturns acquittal | No rate cut! RBI keeps repo rate unchanged, sees 6.7% growth but warns inflation will rise | Free laptops, AI training, internships: Vijay government unveils youth-centric Tamil Nadu budget

Assam police arrest two supari killers who planned to kill Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma

| | Dec 08, 2017, at 10:47 pm

 Guwahati, Dec 8 (IBNS): Assam police on Friday arrested two supari killers who were planning to kill Assam finance minister and top BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma.

 A top official of Assam police said that based on intelligence input police had arrested the persons from Singimari area near Dadara in Kamrup (Rural) district.

The arrested persons were identified as Paban Ali and Fakaruddin Ali and they have been produced before a local court.

During the preliminary investigation, the arrested persons had revealed that, they have been asked to kill the Assam minister and to be paid of Rs 5 crore.

Assam police has denied for disclosing more information.

The top police official said that, the persons had planned to kill the minister by using bomb and investigation is going on.

 

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath, Image: Himanta Biswa Sarma Twitter page)

 

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.