Highway robbery attempt foiled: two robbers killed and three arrested
In the wee hours of 10th August police killed two robbers named Jalaluddin and Rahimuddin when they were robbing a Manipur bound night super bus at Deopani Jengai under Santipur P.S. in Karbi Anglong district. Three robbers named Ajiruddin Laskar, Raju Das and Motiur Rahman were also arrested by the police.
According to the sources a ten member team of highway robbers stopped a Manipur bound night super bus bearing No. MN-01/1781 at Deopani Jengai and started robbing cash, ornaments, mobile handsets etc from the passengers. The santipur police on getting the information about the robbery immediately arrived at the spot and the robbers started firing at the police. Two robbers were killed in the shootout between the police and the robbers. Police recovered one pistol, three rounds of live cartridge and six numbers of mobile handsets from the arrested robbers.
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