Guwahati, Aug. 10 -- The Border Security Force (BSF) arrested a fifth suspect on Sunday in connection with an armed attack by a gang from Bangladesh on a man in Meghalaya's South West Khasi Hills district. The assault occurred on Friday night after the victim reportedly tried to block the group's movement into Indian territory.

Authorities caught the suspects at various locations. The first two were detained near Khonjoy on the night of the attack.

On August 9, around nine armed Bangladeshi nationals crossed the border illegally under the cover of darkness in Khonjoy village, located in the Nongjri-Nonghyllam sector near the Bangladesh border.

According to the South West Khasi Hills District police, the intruders carried weapons, inclu...