12 Arrested including Boat Owner

Guwahati : The Assam Police have so far arrested 12 persons including the owner of the ferry “Ma Kamala” that was involved in the accident at Nimati Ghat.

The accused was identified as Pani Ram Kalita who is the owner of the ferry. The police stated that technical analysis combined with human intelligence further led to Pani Ram being traced to an area in Dibrugarh while he was trying to get himself admitted to a hospital.

He was then brought to Jorhat for further interrogation.

Earlier, Jorhat police had arrested seven persons and later Majuli Police arrested four more people after Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s announcement  to register criminal cases against people who are found responsible for the mishap. Following the order, a case on each of the participants was filed.

The persons arrested have been identified as Jogen Das, Dhanbar Das, Biju Kumar Das, Jayanta Dutta, Binod Baruah,  Babul Neog , Prasanta Paugam, Badan Dutta, Bipul Bora,  Gautam Kalita and son of Paniram Kalita.

It may be mentioned that the Nimati ghat ferry incident took place on 8 September in which three passengers had lost their live.

 

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