Guwahati, Jul 5 (PTI): A 39-year-old man was arrested with a cache of arms and ammunition in Guwahati during an investigation into an extortion case, police said on Sunday.
The arrest was made by a team of the Pragjyotishpur police station after an FIR was lodged on July 2, Guwahati Police said in a series of social media posts.
The 39-year-old accused allegedly threatened, assaulted and wrongfully confined the victim before extorting Rs 3 lakh and detaining his car, police said.
During a raid at the accused’s residence at Chapaidong in the Bonda area, police arrested him, recovered the victim’s car and found an empty cartridge, corroborating the allegation that a warning shot had been fired during the incident, they said.
The search also led to the seizure of a large cache of arms and ammunition, including a pistol, three rifles, over 360 live rounds of ammunition, 80 empty cartridges, three mobile phones and an arms licence.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused and the victim were former business associates, police said.
The victim was allegedly threatened, assaulted, forced to sign documents and coerced into transferring Rs 3 lakh online, they said.
Police said the accused is a history-sheeter with four criminal cases registered against him in Assam.
The authenticity of the arms licence is being verified, while investigators are also probing possible links to illegal procurement of firearms, they said.
