Guwahati, Aug. 14 -- Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Numal Mahatta confirmed on Thursday that police arrested two men and placed them in remand for further investigation into the SMCH sabotage incident.

Police arrested two insiders, a 19-year-old housekeeping worker and a 28-year-old technician - in Assam's Silchar for allegedly vandalising the dialysis unit of Silchar Medical College and Hospital (SMCH) on the night of August 10, damaging nine life-saving machines.

According to polcie, the sabotage took place inside the hospital's third-floor Apollo-run dialysis wing, which reportedly connected to a dispute over illegal payments collected from poor patients.

The suspects allegedly used iron rods, took advantage of CCTV blind spo...