Meghalaya s wanted criminal nabbed in Assam

Tura (Meghalaya) March 21 (IANS) Meghalaya s most wanted criminal William Sangma was arrested on Tuesday by Assam Police in Bongaigaon district a police official said.

Assam Police informed us William and his accomplice Niksrang Sangma were arrested after a chase in Bongaigaon town in Lower Assam Dalton P. Marak the district police chief of North Garo Hills told IANS.

He said the Meghalaya Police will seek a transit remand of William and Niksrang since they are wanted in this state in several cases.

This month William along with three accomplices escaped from a police checkpoint in Thapa Darenchi area in North Garo Hills.

However police seized a China-made carbine rifle pistol cache of ammunition and army fatigues from William s abandoned car.

William is wanted in several murder kidnapping and extortion cases in Assam and Meghalaya and had floated a new militant outfit United A chik National Front with Norok Momin.

He is also wanted for the abduction of Tapas Bhowmik a businessman from Siliguri. The businessman was released after his family paid a ransom Marak said.

--IANS
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