India, Sept. 23 -- Six people have been arrested and two minors detained in connection with the killing of a 29-year-old Assam Regiment jawan near Bualpui village in Mizoram's Kolasib district, police said on Wednesday, September 23.

The victim, Zakaria Lalhriattluanga, who was serving in the Assam Regiment and posted in Jammu and Kashmir, was returning home on leave to his native New Builum village. He had arrived at Lengpui airport near Aizawl on September 20 and was travelling toward his village in a truck driven by his friend John Laltanpuia, who had gone to receive him at the airport.

The incident occurred that evening near Bualpui along National Highway-306, close to the Coffee Board plantation, after two trucks had difficulty cro...