Guwahati: One person each from Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh was arrested on Thursday for allegedly attempting to rob a trial court magistrate in Nalbari district on Wednesday night, police said. Three-four members of the gang are still absconding.The accused are Ritesh Kumar from Jharkhand and Mahesh Kumar from Uttar Pradesh.Nalbari SSP Bibekananda Das said, “It was a gang of five to six people who attempted to rob Nitish Kumar Sarma, first class judicial magistrate of the Nalbari district and sessions judges’ court. All of them are from other states. Their aim may have been to take away the magistrate’s vehicle.”The SSP said that similar cases are registered against the arrested people in Jharkhand also. “It was a big gang and they came here for the purpose of robbery. They operate all over the country.”The incident took place around 7.30 pm on Wednesday near Ghograpar police station in Nalbari district. However, the robbery attempt failed when local people reached the spot, forcing the robbers to flee.The magistrate’s driver said, “We were going towards Ghograpar. The robbers overtook and stopped our vehicle on the national highway. When we stopped our vehicle, three masked men came out of the vehicle and were coming towards us. By then, local people came forward and intervened to help us.”