7 killed in Barpeta lightening
Altogether seven people including women and children died in a lightening incident in Barpeta sending shockwaves across the state on Saturday.
Amid thunder squall the lightening took place on a boat carrying at least 50 people on the river Beki in the evening where at least 21 others sustained injury.
The injured are battling for life at the Barpeta Medical College Hospital. Chief minister Tarun Gogoi has expressed deep shock at the lightening incident and announced Rs 4 lakh each to the family members of those killed in the incident.
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NIA probing the Burdwan bombing case has arrested 6 more villagers from Barpeta on Wednesday a day before the investigating team left for Bangladesh. All these villagers including a woman were picked up from from Chatala village.Five of these villagers including the Chatala village gaonburah are being kept at the NIA regional office in Guwahati for intense grilling. Others include Saiful Islam and his wife Batashi Begum.
An NIA team conducts a raid at the residence of Sahanur Alom on Monday a day after the investigating agency sealed his room at Chatala in Barpeta district in connection with the Burdwan blast case.Accompanied by local police, the NIA team reached the village and conducted the raid at Sahanur’s room which has been remaining closed since Sahanur and his wife left for an undisclosed residence. On Sunday afternoon, NIA seized some crucial documents from the residence of Sahanur’s brother Jakaria who is still in judicial custody.Sahanur and his Sujina Begum left the house after the eid. Jakaria was earlier arrested by a special operations unit of Assam police on charges of being a Jamaat-ul...
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Yet another incident sends shockwaves in Barpeta district where a youth died after he slipped from a moving train on Saturday. The incident took place when the youth was travelling on the North East Express and as the train arrived in Dayaguri in Barpeta district he suddenly fell on the ground to be crushed by the train.
Security forces on Saturday claimed to have recovered some explosives in Bhawanipur a week ahead of the Independence Day. Explosives including detonators, ammunitions and live bullets were recovered during a combing operation in the entire in view of the independence day. //
Four persons were caught red handed when they were trying to lift a truck. That too from the Pathsala police station premises on Saturday. According to sources, identified as Rafikul Islam, Safikul Islam, Nanda Das and Rafikul Islam, they stormed into the police station campus in the wee hours to lift a truck seized by police last week. Policemen guarding outside arrested them. Interrogation is going on where police got wind of an international gang of car lifters. /
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Bhawanipur police busted a sex racket after the arrest of four people on Monday. Local residents in Bhawanipur Daxinhati told Assam Times that acting on their complaints, police raided the residence of Mrinal Talukdar on Monday midnight where they found a youth along with two girls. According to allegations, Talukdar and his wife have been running the sex racket for the last couple of months forcing them to move police for action.
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