Police detained two suspects on Thursday who had a possible connection with the shootout incident that happened in the Agartala airport area.

It is to be noted that the incident took place on Wednesday and two persons were critically injured in that incident.

He addressed the media on Wednesday and said that attackers fired gunshots on two persons eating fast-food on Tuesday night at around 8:30 pm in the airport area.

He added that two vehicles were used in the attack, which were already seized.

Police have arrested two persons within a few hours of the incident. The arrested persons are identified as Prabhakar Ghosh (40) and Santos Das (35).

SDPO said that assailants used improvised local weapons for firing at least four rounds of bullet during the incident.

He added that two suspects were identified and they are Santosh Das and Prabhakar Ghosh.
Ajay Das informed that Haripada, one of the victims got injuries on his hand and leg, whereas Sanjoy was hit on his waist when bullets were fired by miscreants.

Notably, both the injured persons along with four others were having fast-food in front of the restaurant outlets in an open space near the road. Two vehicles suddenly stopped near the restaurant on the road.

One miscreant from those vehicles was firing bullets indiscriminately from small arms through the window Later, both vehicles fled away towards the airport. Agartala Police is presently investigating the case.