Key Accused In Forging Assam Chief Minister's Signature Arrested In Delhi

The police said the accused gave the four men forged papers that they submitted to the Chief Engineer of the Public Health Engineering department

Guwahati Police on Sunday arrested the prime accused in case related to the forging of the signature of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The accused - Imran Shah Choudhury - was arrested in Delhi by a police team from Guwahati and "is in the process of being brought back". He, and another accused - Rajib Kalita - had fled from Assam to Delhi after learning an FIR had been filed. "Imran Shah Choudhury had claimed it was very easy for him to get them (four others) a contract in the PHE (public health engineering) department directly via the Chief Minister's Office... he would take three per cent as commission," Assam Police said in a statement. The police said Choudhury gave the four men forged papers that they submitted to the Chief Engineer of the PHE department.