Itanagar, Oct 27 A day after a man allegedly shot dead one of his brothers-in-law and injured another in Assam’s Biswanath district, Arunachal Pradesh police issued a notice seeking information about the accused that can lead to his arrest, officials said.
The man from Arunachal Pradesh had come to his in-laws’ place in the Gohpur area on Assam’s border with Arunachal Pradesh to get his wife home when he was accosted by his two brothers-in-law, according to an Assam police official.
During the altercation on Monday, the man shot dead one of the brothers-in-law and attacked another with a sharp weapon, he said, adding that the injured man has been admitted to the Tezpur Medical College and Hospital and his condition was stated to be critical.
Following this, Arunachal Pradesh Police issued a wanted notice against the accused, Kenba Kami.
The notice, issued by Papum Pare Police Station, seeks information about Kami’s whereabouts and urges people to immediately alert the nearest police station if he is noticed.
The killing sparked protests near Hollongi along the Arunachal-Assam border on Monday evening, with members of the Gorkha community blocking roads and demanding the immediate arrest of the accused.
(PTI News)
