Arunachal: 2 youths held for peddling drugs in Itanagar

Itanagar: The police on Saturday arrested two youths who were allegedly involved in consumption and peddling of drugs in the Capital Complex area.

According to the police, one of the accused, Sosar Punung (21), is the son-in-law of Congress’s Palin MLA candidate and former minister Takam Pario, while the other Bengia Rigia (20) is the son of People’s Party of Arunachal (PPA) president Khafa Bengia.

Addressing media persons at the Itanagar police station, Capital superintendent of police Tumme Amo informed that, following inputs, he, along with Itanagar sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) Dekio Gumja and a team of police personnel arrested Punung from the residence of Pario in Vivek Vihar while Rigia was picked up from his house in Mowb–II here.