The deceased have been identified as Rohan Choudhury, Suhail Khan, and Kunal Kaur, while the injured identified as Dipanjan Dutta.
An unfortunate incident took place Ganirgram village in the district.
The two arrested accused have been identified as Gautam Roy and Rupal Mudak.
Property worth lakhs of rupees was destroyed in the fire incident, sources added.
The arrested persons have been identified as Saharul Islam Mazumder (31) and Samir Hussain Laskar alias Babul (45), both are residents Silchar’s Berenga area.
The victim has been identified as Shankar Das, a resident of the Kalain area in the district.
The incident took place on Saturday when the newspaper workers were returning home from their night-long duties.
Earlier, on April 2, three police officers who went to investigate a vandalism case in a village in Assam’s Jorhat district were allegedly attacked with sticks and stones by a few drunk residents.
Based on specific information, a Mizoram-bound vehicle was intercepted by district police at the Bagador area in Silchar.
The incident took place at the Panitakni area of Silchar town at around 2.30 pm on Saturday.
