Guwahati, Sep. 18 (IANS): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday ordered a high-level inquiry into the incident of recovery of a bullet-riddled body of an Assam policeman from the security barrack attached to the CM’s official residence.
The body of Lance Naik Sukleswar Kathar was recovered from the barrack, at Kharghuli in Guwahati, on Sunday evening.
The police said six bullets hit Kathar’s body. The bullets were fired from his service weapon, an AK 47 rifle.
The incident took place around 7.45 p.m.
“There was a sound of firing and guards from other parts rushed to the barrack.
They saw Kathar lying in a pool of blood. His service weapon was also near him. There was no one else in the barrack then,” said Saloi.
