Guwahati: Another accused of the August 13 Riviera Kharguli rave party case was arrested from Delhi by a team of the Guwahati Police Special Squad.
A police statement said that based on the investigations, the police team found a lead to a “cocaine supplier”. The supplier was identified as Bishal Kusum Choudhury who is a “conduit” for drugs coming into Guwahati. The police stated that technical analysis combined with human intelligence further led to Bishal being traced to an area in Delhi.
A Team of the Guwahati Police Special Squad, with the assistance of the Delhi Police Special Cell, was able to pick up the accused in Dilshad Garden, Delhi.
He was then brought to Guwahati on Saturday and produced in Court. The court following that granted police custody for further investigations.
It may be mentioned that on August 14 at least 17 persons were arrested with four grams of suspected cocaine along with different kinds of weed (Ganja) Marijuana while raiding an apartment building in Guwahati’s Kharguli area.
The police informed that the raid was conducted in an apartment in the Riviera Kharguli building. The apartment located on the third floor of the building as per the police belongs to a businessman named Vikash Jain. The police informed that the police raided the apartment based on inputs about a rave party. The party was organized to celebrate the birthday of a person identified as Amit Baruah and apart from alcohol, the party had contraband drugs and ganja.
Police said that following the raid, they succeeded in arresting at least 17 persons while a few managed to escape. Following the raids and arrests, a case on each of the participants was filed.
The persons arrested have been identified as Vikash Jain, Nasif Ahmed, Sumit Kumar Beria, Chaiyan Saikia, Amit Pegu, Amit Baruah, Ashok Barman, Hirendra Sinha, Ridip Baruah, Sidhartha Borthakur, Md Fahadfari Ali, and Rakesh Borgohain. Along with them, five women were also arrested.
The seized materials include 4 grams of suspected cocaine which according to police is one of the very first times in Assam since the latest drive against the illegal drug trade in the state was launched.