{"id":128240,"date":"2024-09-29T11:59:42","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T06:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=128240"},"modified":"2024-09-29T11:59:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T06:29:42","slug":"three-dacoits-arrested-in-high-profile-robbery-case-involving-local-leaders-and-fake-journalist-in-guwahati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.assamtimespost.com\/?p=128240","title":{"rendered":"Three Dacoits Arrested in High-Profile Robbery Case Involving Local Leaders and Fake Journalist in Guwahati"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-128036\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/New-Logo-Smal-3.jpg?resize=198%2C55&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"55\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">T<\/span>he Garchuk police have apprehended three individuals implicated in a daring heist involving prominent local figures. Among those arrested are Prasanta Kalita alias Prasanna, who fraudulently claimed to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.assamtimespost.com\/?p=126258\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">journalist<\/a> from Morigaon; Dulal Dutta from Jorhat, a member of a local indigenous organization; and political leader Kartik Kalita. Another suspect, Manoranjan Baruah, has also been identified in connection with the case.<\/span><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_128241\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128241\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/Three Dacoits Arrested in High-Profile Robbery Case Involving Local Leaders and Fake Journalist in Guwahati\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-128241 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/english-sentinelassam2Fimport2Fh-upload2F20202F062F132F136513-arrested.webp-1.jpeg?resize=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Three Dacoits Arrested in High-Profile Robbery Case Involving Local Leaders and Fake Journalist in Guwahati\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/english-sentinelassam2Fimport2Fh-upload2F20202F062F132F136513-arrested.webp-1.jpeg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/english-sentinelassam2Fimport2Fh-upload2F20202F062F132F136513-arrested.webp-1.jpeg?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/english-sentinelassam2Fimport2Fh-upload2F20202F062F132F136513-arrested.webp-1.jpeg?resize=1024%2C538&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/english-sentinelassam2Fimport2Fh-upload2F20202F062F132F136513-arrested.webp-1.jpeg?resize=768%2C403&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/english-sentinelassam2Fimport2Fh-upload2F20202F062F132F136513-arrested.webp-1.jpeg?resize=750%2C394&amp;ssl=1 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/english-sentinelassam2Fimport2Fh-upload2F20202F062F132F136513-arrested.webp-1.jpeg?resize=1140%2C599&amp;ssl=1 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-128241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three Dacoits Arrested in High-Profile Robbery Case Involving Local Leaders and Fake Journalist in Guwahati<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The incident occurred on September 25, when the suspects targeted a scrap dump in the Pamohi locality under Garchuk Police Station. Brandishing firearms, they seized a cash box and fled the scene. Swift police action followed a tip-off from the victims, leading to a detailed investigation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">During the probe, authorities recovered a magazine loaded with five bullets at the crime scene. One of the victims subsequently lodged a formal complaint at the Garchuk Police Station.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This incident has brought to light the involvement of high-profile individuals in criminal activities, raising serious concerns within the community. The police continue their investigation to uncover further details and potential accomplices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Garchuk police have apprehended three individuals implicated in a daring heist involving prominent local figures. Among those arrested are Prasanta Kalita alias Prasanna, who fraudulently claimed to be a journalist from Morigaon; Dulal Dutta from Jorhat, a member of a local indigenous organization; and political leader Kartik Kalita. Another suspect, Manoranjan Baruah, has also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":128241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"News Desk :"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[210],"tags":[32371,32380,28620,32357,32375,32362,32377,32373,32378,32361,32356,32370,32379,26748,32365,32363,32376,32366,18230,27679,32368,32364,32381,32360,32359,32358,32369,32372,32367,19990,32374],"class_list":["post-128240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ghy","tag-brandishing-firearms","tag-community-concerns","tag-criminal-activities","tag-daring-heist","tag-detailed-investigation","tag-dulal-dutta","tag-five-bullets","tag-fled-scene","tag-formal-complaint","tag-fraudulent-journalist","tag-garchuk-police","tag-garchuk-police-station","tag-high-profile-individuals","tag-jorhat","tag-kartik-kalita","tag-local-indigenous-organization","tag-magazine-recovered","tag-manoranjan-baruah","tag-morigaon","tag-ongoing-investigation","tag-pamohi-locality","tag-political-leader","tag-potential-accomplices","tag-prasanna","tag-prasanta-kalita","tag-prominent-local-figures","tag-scrap-dump","tag-seized-cash-box","tag-suspect-identified","tag-swift-police-action","tag-tip-off"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":157369,"url":"https:\/\/www.assamtimespost.com\/?p=157369","url_meta":{"origin":128240,"position":0},"title":"Cachar Police (Assam) Seize 34,400 Foreign Cigarette Packs, Arrest Two","author":"News Desk","date":"August 25, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Cachar Police seized 34,400 packs of foreign-made cigarettes and arrested two alleged smugglers during an operation near the Balachara toll gate on the Silchar\u2013Haflong National Highway. 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