GUWAHATI, Nov 12: Police arrested a man in Assam’s Golaghat district in connection with a murder allegedly committed in Bangladesh in 1990, officials said.
The man, identified as Masuk Miya alias Masuk Ahmed, was arrested late on Wednesday from Baregharia village in Nahoroni under Dergaon. Police said he had been living in Assam as Faruk Ahmed using forged documents.
Investigators said Miya fled Bangladesh after the alleged murder and moved through different parts of India to evade arrest. They said his identity documents in India were not genuine.
A Dergaon Police officer said the man had first lived in the area about a year and a half ago before disappearing for around six months. Villagers alerted police after spotting him again three days earlier, the officer said.
“We spoke to our officer-in-charge, Basanta Hazarika, and the border DSP, and then arrested him,” the officer said.
During initial questioning, Miya allegedly admitted that he had obtained fake documents in 2005. His cousin arranged the documents for Rs 2 lakh, police said. Interrogation was continuing.
