Former AGP MLA Among 7 Held In Raid Against Gambling In Assam

Guwahati: Naren Sonowal, a former MLA from Dibrugarh’s Naharkatia Assembly constituency, was arrested on Thursday for allegedly engaging in gambling-related crimes.

A squad of Dibrugarh police arrested Sonowal in the course of an operation in the city’s suburb of Boiragimoth.

The police also apprehended six others in connection to the case. They have been identified as Mukul Ghosh, Mehroz Ahmed, Dipendra Dutta, Ritwik Baruah, Abdul Rashid and Dipak Ranjan. 

A case has been filed under the applicable laws against the people who were arrested.

An inquiry is being conducted to find more connections.

Naren Sonowal was a Naharkatia Assembly constituency resident and a Legislator for the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) party.

An analysis by the Delhi-based Organization Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) indicated that Sonowal was the richest legislator among serving MLAs in 2021 with stated assets totaling Rs 33 crore.

According to reports, the former MLA had a phenomenal 339,460,623 rupees in assets, of which 23,267,176 were movable and 316,193,447 were immovable.