Guwahati, Dec 20: Five youths were held in Assam’s Hailakandi district for performing dangerous bike stunt on the national highway.
The youths were doing bike stunts on the national highway that connects Hailakandi with another nearby district Karimganj.
The arrested youths have been identified as Amin Laskar, Abdur Rahman Laskar, Fakrul Islam Laskar, Abdul Aziz, and Iqbal Hussain Majumdar.
The bike stunts of the group caught the attention of the police after one of them uploaded a video on social media.
Earlier, special DGP of Assam G.P. Singh had warned the bikers who try to perform dangerous stunts on the highway.
“People of Assam are requested to inform through Direct Message about any place or persons indulging in stunt biking on a regular basis. Such displays on social media platforms may also be brought to the notice of Assam Police,” Singh had tweeted.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma directed all DCs and SPs to ensure proper safety measures to bring down road accidents in Assam.
CM Sarma asked transport department to prepare an analytical report of all accidents that have taken place during the year, and instructed district officials to take up road repairing and related matters with the Public Works Department or National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd.