Biswa Kalyan Purkayastha

2 weeks ago | hindustantimes.com | Biswa Kalyan Purkayastha

Silchar: A seven-year-old girl was allegedly gangraped and murdered by two men in Assam’s Tinsukia district on May 28, police said on Monday, adding that the two prime accused were arrested on May 31 and June 1. The incident happened in a village under the jurisdiction of Bordubi Police Station on May 28 afternoon. The accused threw the girl’s body in a drain before absconding, said the Tinsukia deputy superintendent of police (DSA), Nitisha Jagtap.

2 weeks ago | hindustantimes.com | Biswa Kalyan Purkayastha

The Union government’s decision to restrict trade with Bangladesh over bilateral tension has impacted local economies in several border towns in northeastern states, locals said. India has 13 land ports and four water ports with Bangladesh across northeastern states among which, Meghalaya’s Dawki, Tripura’s Akhaura, Assam’s Sutarkandi are busiest, according to traders.

2 weeks ago | hindustantimes.com | Biswa Kalyan Purkayastha

An altercation over the deportation of illegal migrants allegedly increased tensions between personnel from the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) along the Indo-Bangladesh border in Assam’s South Salmara Mankachar district on Tuesday morning. The incident took place near the Thakuranbari area after over a dozen migrants had illegally entered the Indian territory in the wee hours of the day.

3 weeks ago | hindustantimes.com | Biswa Kalyan Purkayastha

Silchar: The Assam Police, in a joint operation with the Assam Rifles and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), have arrested a suspected commander of the banned militant group United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent), or ULFA-I, and recovered some firearms, officials said. The superintendent of police (SP), Tinsukia, Gaurav Abhijit Dilip, said that the self-styled brigadier of ULFA-I, identified as Rupam Asom, was arrested from the Lekhapani area of Tinsukia early on Saturday.

3 weeks ago | hindustantimes.com | Biswa Kalyan Purkayastha

Silchar: A suspected poacher has been killed in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park during a cross-firing between the forest guards and a team of armed miscreants on Wednesday afternoon, officials said. The divisional forest officer (DFO), Eastern Assam Wildlife Division (EAWL), Arun Vignesh, told HT that a group of unknown men were noticed in the Agaratoli Range area of the park on Wednesday morning and a search operation was launched immediately.