GUWAHATI: Former Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) MLA from Naharkatia constituency, Naren Sonowal, was arrested by the Dibrugarh Police on Thursday for allegedly being involved in illegal gambling activities.
The former AGP legislator was arrested from the Boiragimoth area on the outskirts of Dibrugarh town in Assam.
Along with Sonowal, six more individuals were arrested on suspicion of gambling.
The other arrested individuals are Mukul Ghosh, Mehroz Ahmed, Dipendra Dutta, Ritwik Baruah, Abdul Rashid, and Dipak Ranjan.
“Based on specific information, we raided a house at the Boiragimoth and arrested seven persons who were found to be indulging in illegal gambling activities,” Officer-in-charge of Dibrugarh police station Raju Bahadur Chetry told the media.
“We have recovered a huge number of materials used for gambling besides Rs 96,500 cash. We have also seized a car, and two motorcycles used by the accused. We have registered a case 150/2023 at the Dibrugarh police station,” he added, as per media reports.
Sonowal was elected to Assam Assembly from the Naharkatia constituency in 2016.
According to the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR), he was one of the richest candidates contesting both the 2016 and 2021 Assam Assembly elections with declared assets amounting to ₹33 crore.
