Drug peddler injured in Police encounter in Biswanath
Guwahati: One suspected drug peddler has been injured in an encounter with the police in the Biswanath Tehsil of Sonitpur district of Assam on Friday.
The accused has been identified as Sujal Bhuyan alias Shiva Bhuyan is a resident of Bali Pukhuri village. He was arrested as the police had allegedly found a huge quantity of contraband drugs in his possession.
According to reports, he was shot on his left leg by the Biswanath Police for allegedly trying to escape from the police.
However, after the incident, the police first took him to the Biswanath Chariali Civil Hospital and later he was and sent to Tezpur Medical College for better treatment in the night.