Cachar Police on Sunday arrests three more persons in connection with the breached of Betukandi dyke.
But It still remaind a mystry that why Cachar police took a month long time to register a case based on FIR lodged by Irrigation department on breaching of Betukandi dyke issue.
The Department of Irrigation actually lodged a complaint on May 23 that certain miscreants have broken the Betukandi dyke and based on the complaint, but it got registered as a case after almost a month on June 21.
In a major development, based on a case lodged by Department of Irrigation regarding breach at the Betukandi dyke which led to flooding of the entire Silchar area, Cachar Police arrested three more persons in connection with the breached dyke.
On Sunday, Cachar SP Ramandeep Kaur informed that so far a total of four persons have been arrested. Among them include Kabul Khan, Mitu Hussain Laskar, Nazir Hussain Laskar and Ripon Khan. These apprehended men are from the same list of six persons which has been received so far.
The SP informed that based on the case, some videos were found. The arrested persons who are all residents of Betukandi and interrogation is in progress. It may be mentioned that Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma, in his last visit to Barak Valley on Friday had mentioned that a list of six persons who were involved in the dyke breach have been received and CID has been entrusted to register a case at Guwahati.