Guwahati Police achieved a major success as they busted the sensational robbery at the house of a retired SSB commandant at Ahomgaon in Garchuk locality of the city last week. Police arrested seven robbers who were part of the 10-12 member group that robbed the defence official of cash, valuables, jewelleries besides fleeing away with his car.
The seven arrested robbers have been identified as Ganesh Basumatary (Baksa), Ganesh Lama (Lalunggaon, Garchuk), Shankar Karmakar (Nagaon), Javed Khan (Chhaygaon), Rantu Barman (Barpeta), Mahanta Brahma (Baksa) and Ankur Rabha (Kalaigaon, Udalguri).
Police said the arrested dacoits were in the age group of 20-25 years and had a past criminal history.