Guwahati: The eyewitness in the suspicious death of Kaliabor sub-inspector (SI) Junmoni Rabha had been picked up by the criminal investigation department (CID) on Thursday.
The eyewitness has been identified as Pranab Das, resident of Bokakhat in Golaghat district.
Initial reports and videos indicate that after a TV interview, he was arrested outside the Guwahati premises of a private satellite channel.
Earlier, Das asserted that Junmoni’s car was parked on the left side of the national highway and was at a complete stop when the collision occurred.
Das continued by saying that the incident occurred when he arrived at the scene from Guwahati.
“I saw the car parked on the left side of the highway and suddenly a truck coming from the opposite side hit it and crashed the car”, Das said.
“During the time, I saw a man wearing black jeans getting down from the car immediately after the incident,” he added.
He further said, “I was waiting there some minutes after the accident. But a police officer from Jakhalabandha asked me to leave the place immediately and I left the spot.”