Skip to content Skip to navigation

Arsonists caught amid curfew

 Normalcy is yet to be restored along the Assam-Nagaland border in Golaghat district. Indefinite curfew is in force from 6 in the evening to 6 in the morning.

Security forces on Friday caught three arsonists red-handed when they allegedly tried to torch some abandoned houses in Chetiagaon.

Three additional CRPF companies have been fanning in the affected areas to thwart any attempt by the miscreants who have been unleashing terror these days.

According to sources, eight new pickets had been set up by the CPRF in vulnerable villages. A control room has is being jointly manned by CRPF, Assam Police and Nagaland Police.

The attack by armed miscreants on eight villages in Uriamghat area left two dead and three injured while the miscreants torched around 200 houses.

Over 10,000 people, who fled their houses from eight affected villages, have taken shelter in 10 relief camps.

Author info

AT News's picture

Assam Times Staff. editor@assamtimes.org

Add new comment

Random Stories

AASU school inspection

2 Apr 2008 - 1:05am | editor
Members of All Assam Student Union (AASU) seized the alleged low quality furniture supplied during the year 2007 by the Education Department to one of its model schools at Bangsor Higher Secondary...

Independence Day observed peacefully at Sivasagar

16 Aug 2011 - 4:00am | SK Hasan
Alongwith the rest of the country the 64th Independence Day has been peacefully observed in different parts of Sivasagar district with traditional glory...

AJYCP demands Rs 10,000 cr for flood hit

1 Aug 2016 - 9:29pm | AT News
The Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) on Monday gave hint of a massive agitation alleging Centre’s indifference towards Assam where lakhs of people have been reeling under flood that has...