In a significant breakthrough in the ongoing probe of incidents of planting of suspected Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) like objects in various parts of Assam during this year’s Independence Day celebration, police arrested 15 people across the state, officials said on Sunday.

A senior police official said that the raids were done after getting vital intelligence inputs from Assam Police in coordination with the National Investigation Agency (NIA). During the course of the investigation of the attempted sabotage activity, specific intelligence inputs were collected from different sources, he said.