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Meghalaya police cracks MPSC petrol bomb attack case, four arrested

First Published: 23rd July, 2018 22:01 IST

Meghalaya Police has arrested four persons suspected to be involved in the Meghalaya Public Service Commission Petrol Bomb Attack. The Meghalaya Police are now on the lookout of the main

Meghalaya Police has arrested four persons suspected to be involved in the Meghalaya Public Service Commission Petrol Bomb Attack. The Meghalaya Police are now on the lookout of the main suspect, who allegedly orchestrated the attack.

Speaking to Northeast Live, East Khasi Hills SP, Davis Marak said that of the four arrested, one lobbed the Petrol Bomb, one acted as a lookout, one was waiting at the vehicle parked at the Gateway of the MPSC office while the fourth person was the contractor and gave the other three arrested persons eighteen thousand rupees each to carry out the attack.

Marak informed that fifty thousand rupees was given to the person who took the contract and hired the three persons who are suspected to be drug addicts.

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