Kokrajhar priest killer held in Dhubri
The Kokrajhar police probing the sensational priest killing case claimed to have arrested the main culprit on Thursday.
Identified asMojinur Islam, he was caught from Surjyakata under Bilashipara poluce station in Dhubri district. His name surfaced during the interrogation of three other accused involved with murder case.
The priest was killed on September 10 by 2 am at Soni temple near Kokrajhar railway station before looting away ₹ 2.5 lakh in cash from Debnath’s possession. The three accused were identified as Balay Halder, Biswajit Barman and Papai Barman.
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Narzary has been inducted as executive member in place of Deben Boro, who was in charge of the Handloom & Textile and Sericulture department in the BTC.
Boro was dropped from BTC executive council recently who was consecutively two-time elected MCLA from Goybari constituency in Baksa district from 2010 till date and hold executive member in the Hagrama Mohilary led BTC administration.
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KOKRAJHAR: Security forces apprehended six hardcore cadres including deputy finance secretary of the National Democratic Front of Boroland-Saoraigwra faction (NDFB-S) from Ripu Reserve forest, Kokrajhar district early Monday morning. The arrested cadres are Myanmar trained. Police recovered arms and ammunitions from them.
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KOKRAJHAR: A tuition master has been arrested for allegedly molestating of minor girl in Kokrajhar town on Sunday evening.
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Family members alleged that the girl was molested by tuition master.
An FIR was lodged with police against the incident.
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A herd of 4 wild elephants from nearby Manas National Park were approaching the village in search of foods where the incident took. The young child died on the spot. The deceased was identified as Shikajhora Rahul Singh (12) of Bishnupur.
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Five persons were arrested by te police for illegally carrying cattles in five trucks on Thursday morning at Karigaon national highways in Kokrajhar district.
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During the checking, Pioneer Livestocks and truck drivers failed to show proper documents.Police later seized the trucks and the cattles.
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Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal ordered an enquiry into incident after CCTV footage of the incident went viral on social media.
Sundaram arrived at Kokrajhar Circuit House on Sunday for investigation into the case.
He visited Gaurang Valley Hotel where the incident took place at a party hosted by district administration, Kokrajhar on September 9.
He met both the SP Rajen Singh and EAC Sailen Das regarding the incident. He also met Kokrajhar DC Partha Pratim Majumdar.
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KOKRAJHAR: A new political outfit was floated in Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD) at a convention held at Pathshala in Baksa district on Sunday.
The newly floated political party has been named as Gana Suraksha Party (GSP) headed by Kokrajhar Lok Sabha MP Naba Kumar Sarania.
The party has appointed ten executive members.
In the meeting, BTAD army was also formed to work to the extensive services amongst all sections of the society.
Sarania said that the newly floated political party will work for all round development of the region.
He said that the party is planning to put candidature in all 35 seats in the upcoming BTC elections next year.
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