Skip to content Skip to navigation

Huge cache of explosives recovered at Dhupdhara, two nabbed

One person and a driver of a Sumo Victa were apprehended at Dhupdhara in Goalpara district on Thursday evening after they were found in possession of huge quantity of explosive materials. The recovered explosive included-80 pieces detonator caps, 10 pieces Gelatin sticks, 10 pieces electric detonator, 20 kg ammonium powder and a bundle of codex wire (32 feet). According to Sushanta Mazumdar, officer-in-charge, Dhupdhara police station, the police was on high alert as there was prior information regarding transportation of explosives in the district by vehicles ahead of the Independence Day. After receiving specific information that huge explosive materials were being transported by vehicles, the police erected a check point on NH37 near Dhupdhara Police Station.At around 6 in the evening, during the checking police recovered the explosives from a Tata Sumo Victa (AS 17A-0606) and took into custody a person and the driver of the vehicle. The apprehended two persons were identified as Phulsand Ali (32) of Rakshashini village under Mornoi police station and the driver Sahidul Islam of Kaldoba village under Golokganj police station. According to police they were trvelling to Dhubri from Guwahati.


Add new comment

Assamese Translator

Assam Times seeks English to Assamese translators!
Join our volunteer team.
Email editor@assamtimes.org.

Random Stories

Monkey 'terror' in Shabajpur

27 Jul 2018 - 1:49pm | Nikhil Mundra
Hojai:- People of Shabajpur area in Murajhar under Hojai District are living in panic these days due to havoc created by monkeys in the area.Since last 4-5 days several monkeys have created...

Kaziranga case: Akhil Gogoi arrested

2 Oct 2016 - 1:28pm | editor
 After days of will-they-won’t-they, police have arrested Akhil Gogoi on Sunday in connection with the recent protest in Kaziranga. A group of policemen caught the KMSS leaders from his...

ASEAN key to economic prosperity: Patowary

24 Nov 2017 - 1:50pm | AT News Guwahati
The Centre for South East Asian Studies (CSEAS) of the Gauhati University organised the 25th Anniversary of the ASEAN-India Dialogue Partnership at BKB Auditorium on Friday. The conference was...

Scam 2019 Teaser Released, Promises a Thrilling Ride

31 Oct 2024 - 8:50pm | Prantik Deka
Guwahati: The much-anticipated web series, "Scam 2019," unveiled its official teaser recently. The event, graced by popular actor Jatin Bora, also saw the presence of Maytrayee Goswami, Yankee...

Other Contents by Author

The Goalpara district unit of All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) today staged a two-hour sit-in demonstration at Dudhnoi in Goalpara district demanding the immediate release of the two abducted teachers and to ensure the security of life and property of general people. Several activists of the student body, led by Goalpara district president Gopal Krishna Das, and Goalpara district Rabha Students Union Prafulla Rongkha took part in the protest demonstration. The protesters flayed the district administration as well as government’s failure in rescuing headmaster Kameswar Rabha and ARSU activist Sarit Rabha, both of whom were abducted by suspected militant group from Dawagiri...
Hundreds of vehicles destined to Guwahati and Goalpara as well as to Meghalaya were left stranded at Dudhnoi in Goalpara district along the National Highways 37 and 62 following road blockade n Wednesday by various students organisations led by All Rabha Students Union (ARSU) demanding immediate release of the two abducted teachers. Thousands of youths from All Rabha Students Union, district committee of AASU, Bengali Youth Federation, AKRSU, Gorkha Students Union, ABSU and many others blocked the roads at Dudhnoi Chariali for two hours from 11 am. Meanwhile, Goalpara DC, Pritam Saikia and Goalpara SP Luis Aind, arrived at Dudhnoi and assured the agitators that the culprits behind the...
The first general conference of the newly formed District Press Club, Goalpara was held on Sunday with a day-long programme at Assam Club, Goalpara. The programme was started in the morning with the flag hoisting by Syed Rabiul Haque, president, District Press Club, Goalpara and smriti tarpan by and Abdur Rauf, senior journalist, respectively. At 11 am, the general meeting was held in which several topics of journalism were discussed. Noted journalist Dilip Kumar Sharma said the journalist should take always active role in any kind of social problems. The newly elected body took their charge from the organizing committee from the same meeting. Later in the afternoon, the open session...
A 45 year old person was trampled to death by a wild tusker in the forest of Khekapara village near Dhupdhara in Goalpara district yesterday. The deceased has been identified as Prafulla Ray of Khekapara village. The incident came in the light today when some of local villagers found the dead body of the person in the jungle. According to family sources, Prafulla Ray went to the jungle for firewood yesterday, but he failed to return to home. As for the last ten days, a herd of wild elephant were seen in the same jungle, and so it is suspected that the person was attacked by the wild tuskers. It may be noted here that illegal destruction of forests and human encroachment in the forests is...
Sensation prevails in Goalpara district when a 22 years old newly married woman committed suicide by burning herself with kerosene oil at her father's residence at Lela-Pukhuripara under Dudhnoi police station in Goalpara district on Friday morning. The deceased has been identified as Nibedita Rabha who was married last month to one Manoj Rabha of Amjonga in Dudhnoi. According to sources, Nibedita came to her father's residence on Thursday with her husband. But on Friday morning she committed suicide under mysterious circumstances since the reasons behind her step could not be made out. Later, the body was sent to Goalpara by Dudhnoi police for postmortem.
A powerful improvised explosive device (IED) was recovered by the Army on Saturday from Damra area bordering Assam-Meghalaya in Goalpara district. The IED, weighing around five kg. was recovered under a culvert on Damra-Mendipathar road at Habangiri village under Damra police outpost. The device was recovered after the Ninth Sikh Li Regiment of Indian Army camping at Damra, received an information about it. The explosive has been removed from the spot and taken to the nearby paddy field of the same village for diffusing. No one was arrested in this regard so far.
Three persons were killed and ten others injured in a head-on collision between bus and a passenger Sawari at Solmari-Kalyanpur under Agia police station in Goalpara district on the Goalpara-Agia road at about 3 pm today.The accident occurred when 'Maa Taara', a speedy passenger bus (AS 19C-0699) from Goalpara on its way to Bongaigaon tried to overtake another vehicle, rammed into a Sawari passenger vehicle (AS01 AC-2109) plying from the opposite direction. After the collision one of injured died on the spot, while the other two succumbed to their injuries at Goalpara Civil Hospital. The deceased have been identified as Moijuddin (22) of Baguan-Ambari, the driver of Mahendra Sawari, Safikul...
Two persons died and three others injured in a road mishap when a speeding truck hit another loaded truck parked on the roadside of NH37 at Daranggiri in Goalpara district on Saturday morning. Sources said that the truck (AR 09A/2853), heading towards Guwahati, hit another parked truck (WB 73B/8257) at around 4.00 am. The collision was so powerful that the parked truck was turned over roadside and the other truck hit a house neasrby the spot. One of the deceased was identified as Atowar Rahman, the driver of the parked truck, but the other is yet to be identified. Police said that the driver of the hitting truck escaped immediately after the accident took place.
Four NDFB and three GNLA cadres were arrested in three different search operations on Wednesday. In the first operation, launched by the police and CRPF jawans, one NDFB cadre was held at Mandalgram of Dudhnoi in Goalpara. The cadre has been identified as Tony Lal Basumatary. One pistol made in USA and one bike along with some other documents were recovered from his possession. Whereas a few hours later, three out of four GNLA cadres were arrested by the army at Dainadubi of the Assam-Meghalaya border. The arrested have been identified as Sanju Momin, Moti Marak and Jales R. Marak. According to reports, the cadres were held at a secret camp. Officials recovered one AK-47 rifle, two...
Two people were killed when a car slammed into a truck that was parked on NH 37 at Dudhnoi in Golapara district in the wee hours of Sunday. The accident occurred when a full speed maruti zen car (ML 05C-0088) moving from Shillong to Kokrajhar hit the back of the truck (AS 02-E-4798), which was parked in front of the Banabasi temple of Dudhnoi. The car driver and the truck handyman died on the spot, whereas three others who critically injured were first admitted to Dudhnoi hospital and later shifted to Goalpara civil hospital. The deceased were yet to be identified.