TURA: Assam police with the help of their counterparts from Tura have apprehended the ring leader of a gang involved in lifting vehicles from Garo Hills including one in which the driver was brutally murdered and his body dumped in a forest area on the Kherapara-Dalu road, last month.
Following inputs from West Garo Hills police, a team of Assam police from Mankachar picked up Ahmed Hussain alias Ali from Kalapani village on Friday. He is believed to be the leader of the gang which has been involved in a string of car lifting cases Garo Hills.
From his possession, police have retrieved the mobile phone of the Mahindra-Pik Up driver who was murdered on the Kherapara-Dalu road. (Contd on P-10)