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GUWAHATI: United Liberation Front of Asom (pro-talks) leader Pradip Gogoi was arrested on Monday night for allegedly conspiring to assassinate Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Gogoi, held from his Guwahati residence, was on Tuesday produced in a court that sent him to police custody.
Guwahati Police Commissioner Munna Prasad Gupta confirmed the arrest.
“There was some information that he (Gogoi) and others were conspiring to assassinate the minister (Sarma). We arrested him based on source evidence,” Gupta said.
Two others from the hill district of Karbi Anglong were also arrested for their alleged involvement in the case.