A fierce gunfight ensued in Tikrikilla of West Garo Hills as police battled criminals suspected of abducting two individuals from Assam. Two criminals have been killed in the encounter, police said. Police have also confirmed that the kidnapped duo, Bikas Chetia from Guwahati and an unidentified child from Goalpara district, are safe. The investigation was…… Read More
As many as six people, including a nine-year-old child, died of electrocution when a high-tension electricity line came in contact with the top of the chariot during the ‘Ulto Rath’ yatra in the Kumarghat area of Unakoti district on Wednesday. At least 30 others were injured in the incident. All the deceased persons are said…… Read More
An 11-year-old school girl from Sichey area in Gangtok was found dead on April 14 in Fambonglo village near Pangthang, some five kilometres from Gangtok. When the victim did not return home from school on April 10, a missing person’s complaint was filed by her mother on April 11. Four days later, a body was…… Read More
Bangladesh security agencies have confirmed that the victim in the viral video seen tortured and sexually abused by four men was a national of the country, but she had crossed over to India three to four months ago. A social media post originating from Bangladesh shows a senior policeman from that country addressing a news…… Read More
Is the girl in the viral video sexually abused by four men, actually a Bangladeshi trafficked into India? The Assam Police is looking into this aspect apart from trying to identify the perpetrators as well as the scene of the crime. The Criminal Investigation Department of the Assam Police has taken up the case suo…… Read More
A man was brutally murdered in the Maligaon area of Guwahati on Wednesday. The body was dumped in a drain with hands and feet tied. The body has been kept at the Maligaon Gosala police station and is yet to be identified. The investigation is underway. Speaking to the media, police personnel said, “We came…… Read More