Guwahati: In a most significant development, two bihar-based contract killers has been arrested by the Lumding police on Sunday in connection to the firing of a former railway employee.
According to reports, the two contract killers had fired upon the former railway employee Tarun Chakrabarty for Rs 2 lakhs on Friday night.
The two contract killers are Saheb Rajak and Mohan Kumar.
Apart from the duo, four more accused have been arrested in connection with the firing incident.
The arrested persons are Anil Malakar, Bulti Chakrabarty, the sister-in-law of Tarun Chakrabarty, another accused Deepak Biswas of Mayong and Ajay Barman of Chandrapur.
Notably, the incident resulted from a forbidden relationship.
It should be noted that on Friday night, Tarun Chakrabarty sustained severe bullet injuries after unidentified criminals opened fire on him at Simolutula area on Friday night.
The bike-borne miscreants shot two rounds of bullets on Chakrabarty.
His neck and skull both suffered injury. Currently, he’s being treated at the Lumding Railway hospital.