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SHILLONG: Two persons were picked up by police on Friday in connection to the brutal assault on well-known social activist Agnes Kharshiing. Kharshiing and her assistant Amita Sangma were grievously injured in an attack by a mob suspectedly connected to the coal mafia at Sohshrieh in East Jaintia Hills on Thursday. "A suo motu case was taken up by the police since the victims are not in a position to file FIRs as they are in a serious condition. "During early morning raids carried out at Kongong village and surrounding areas, two suspects - Elphon Dkhar (22) and Mekilson Siangshai (26) were picked up," a senior police officer said. He added that more arrests are likely to be made..