Silchar: Police on Wednesday arrested two more persons in connection with the alleged rape and murder of a Class 10 student in Assam‘s Hailakandi district, taking the total number of arrests in the case to five.Addressing the media, SP (Hailakandi) Amitabh Sinha said the latest arrests were made after interrogation of the earlier accused, with…
Silchar: Two men accused of raping and murdering a 15-year-old girl were remanded in six days’ police custody on Tuesday.Hailakandi police also formed an SIT, headed by the additional superintendent of police (crime), for a scientific and time-bound investigation. Preliminary post-mortem findings confirmed evidence of sexual assault, police said.The investigating officer sought 10 days’ custody…
Aizawl: Mizoram Police on Friday seized 72.514kg of methamphetamine, worth over Rs 58.01 crore, from a truck at Keifang in Saitual district, in one of the largest drug hauls in the state.Police intercepted the Kolasib-registered truck around 4.30am. The consignment was allegedly being transported from Manipur to Assam, via Mizoram, IGP (headquarters) and state police…
Silchar: More than 20 shops were gutted after a fire swept through Jaikrishnapur market under Lala police station in Assam‘s Hailakandi district early Saturday, causing property loss worth several lakhs of rupees and leaving many traders devastated.Local residents said the fire broke out in one of the shops around 1 am and rapidly spread to…
Silchar: Hailakandi police have recovered 500 more cartons of stolen soft drinks in overnight raids, taking the total recovery in the cargo theft case to 1,510 cartons. Two persons have been arrested so far.Police said the recovery was made during separate raids conducted between Tuesday night and early Wednesday at Borjurai and Nunkhuli villages. The…
Silchar: Continuing its crackdown on drug trafficking, Hailakandi police seized Yaba tablets worth around Rs 2 crore and arrested an alleged drug peddler during a special operation in Assam’s Hailakandi district on Sunday evening.Acting on a tip-off, a team led by Ramnathpur police station officer-in charge Dharmendra Das intercepted a car and recovered a large…
Silchar: Hailakandi police on Saturday arrested four active members of an organised cybercrime syndicate while they were attempting to withdraw swindled funds from a bank.The accused were identified as Gourab Roy Chowdhury of Borjarpur, Jahanul Hasan Laskar of Ujankupar, Abu Jahid Laskar of Narayanpur and Mohammadur Hasan Chowdhury of Bhatisangurai in Algapur — all in…
Silchar: Police seized nearly 46 grams of suspected heroin worth around Rs 20 lakh from a cloth shop in Hailakandi district and arrested a person during an anti-narcotics operation on Saturday.The raid was carried out at Mohanpur under Algapur police station, where investigators suspect the shop was being used as a front for drug trafficking…
Silchar: Three months after the foundation stone for Silchar’s much-awaited elevated corridor was laid with much fanfare, construction work on the Rs 583-crore project is yet to begin, raising concerns among residents and civil society organisations over the delay.The 3.5-km elevated corridor, proposed from Trunk Road near Capital Point to Rangirkhari on NH-306, is expected…
Guwahati: Heavy rain was reported at isolated locations in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura over the last 24 hours, even as officials said much of the northeast is still awaiting widespread monsoon rainfall.“Monsoon driving force is weaker at present in the country as well as northeast and that’s why the rains are lesser. It may…
