BONGAIGAON, Feb 5 - Police today arrested three persons on the basis of a statement by Ajmul Haque(38), who sustained a bullet injury on his belly when an unidentified person shot at him on Saturday night. Haque was subsequently hospitalised in Guwahati.
The incident occurred when Ajmul was about to walk towards his residence from a barber�s kiosk at Jogighopa market at around 9 pm on Saturday.
After having fired at Ajmul, the armed man fled in a motorcycle driven by another person. Following the incident, police picked up five suspects on Sunday morning for interrogation and two among them were subsequently released.
Ajmul�s family has in the meantime lodged an FIR at the Jogighopa Police Station.
Accordingly, police registered a case( No. 25/2018) under Sections 120B/307/326/34 lPC read with Sections 25(1A)/27(2) of the Arms Act and arrested Babu Sarma(50), Ahidul Haque(42) and Jahan Uddin (53), who were among the five suspects police had picked up on Sunday.
The Additional District and Sessions Court at Abhayapuri in North Salmara sub-division remanded the accused to four days in police custody.
�Proper investigation is on to crack the case,� Bongaigaon Superintendent of Police Hridayjit Barman said.