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Dima Hasao police are still clueless on the video hall shoot out inident where a child was killed and anohter sustained injury on Tuesday night. 
Police suspect the involvement of militants. But the polie officials probing the case are believed to have been gathering some stunning revelations.
 “We are investigating the case and it has reached a crucial state and that’s why, it would be proper for us to reveal the findings at this stage,” a police officer told Assam Times.
“We hope to arrest the culprits within the next few hours,” he said.
Accoridng to Dima Hasao SP G.V. Sivaprasad, preliminary investigations revealed that three gunmen came to a video hall at around 8pm in seeking Ziaur Rahman who owns the hall.
When they didn't find the owner, they started indiscriminate firing at the audience where Maruf Ahmed died on the spot and 10-year-old Bishen Tamang sustained injury.

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