In a shocking incident of superstition related to sacrifice of a girl child, one Basanta Sarma was, arrested Thursday (Octpber 27) on charges of kidnapping a minor child from Tezpur for the purpose of sacrificing it to mother goddess Kali during the just concluded Kali Puja. Prity Rai, a three years old girl child, daughter of Ramprasad Rai was kidnapped by one Basanta Sarma from Jahazghat area of Tezpur on 26th October. He took her to Juria village in Nagaon district with the purpose to send the baby to North Lakhimpur for sacrificing to Godess Kali on “Amavasya”. People in Juria (Nagaon) got suspicious and informed the police .Public with the help of police recovered the child and nabbed the culprit. Both the child and her abductor Basanta Sarma was taken to Tezpur.
Basanta told media persons in police station that he has kidnapped the child at the advice of his mother Labanya Sarma who resides in a rented house at Nakari in Chuklibharia village near North Lakhimpur town. Basanta said that she intends to sacrifice a child to goddess Kali during Kali Puja for seeking blessings for her family. Basanta kidnapped Prity to fulfill the desire of his mother. Lakhimpur police arrested Labanya Sarma and being interrogated about the incident. Police later on handed over the child to her parents.
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The controversial Raha Toll Gate at Raha in Nagaon district has been shut down temporarily for 24 hours by National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) after Nagaon district administration notified NHAI about the alleged ‘illegal’ status of the particular gate. This happened after protesters led by Akhil Gogoi raised the issue of ‘illegal’ status of the Toll Gate before the district administration at the protest site. The representatives of the Nagaon district administration present at the site of protest admitted that the Toll Gate is located within 2 km of the Raha Town. Though they didn’t comment on the illegal status of the Gate, in particular, they pointed out that NHAI had prepared the...
Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal took part as chief guest in Mahila Samaroh held at Nagaon town on Monday. The Mahila Samaroh was organized Assam State Rural Livelihood Mission under Panchayat and Rural Development Department. The attendee of the Samaroh came from Morigaon, Hojai and Nagaon district. Sonowar handed over cheques of Rs 25,000 to 14 women Selp Help Groups each under Kanaklata Mahila Sabalikaran Asoni. A total of 9390 women SHGs from these districts will be provided this monetery support under the scheme. Union Minister Rajen Gohain, Handloom and Textile Minister Ranjit Kumar Dutta, Minister Naba Kumar Doley, MLAs Rupak Sarma, Shiladitya Deb were also present.
A bomb hoax triggered huge panic in Nagaon on Monday forcing the deployment of security to deal with the situation arising thereof. The hoax originated from an unmanned object spotted lying at the District Court premises in the morning. Those inside and outside the office mistaken it as bomb and allowed the panic to spread. Policemen came and checked the object with a metal detector. But it was a plastic object which was not explosive.
Nagaon deputy commissioner Shamsher Singh has ordered an inquiry into the breach of the embankment at Hatimura in Kaliabor resulting in the ravaging flood where thousands of people have been affected. Additional deputy commissioner Dulal Deb Nath will probe to ascertain reason behind the breach of the dyke. The report would further contain a slew of suggestions and recommendation to avoid these situation in future.
The flood situation remains grim in Nagaon district after the Brahmaputra breached an embankment at Hatimura in Kaliabor. .Deputy Commisioner directed the schools to remain closed for three days from Wednesday. Talking to Assam Time over telephone, Shamshersingh said that he along with the water resource Minister of the state Keshav Mahanta did a survey along with officers of various concerned departments today at the embankment site. He further said that 29 relief camps were set up in the area till yesterday and relief work is going on with the help of Army, NDRF and SDRF. One person was reported dead at the flood area and actual...
The pot holed and the crumbled bridge near Nagaon Law College, Haibargaon took the life of on Faruk as he was crossing the bridge sitting in a rickshaw, the tyre of the rickshaw fell in one of the many pot holes in the small wooden bridge and the rickshaw toppled and Faruk fell down from the bridge as the railing of the bridge had already been broken and fallen off. The bridge is one of the most important bridges of the town as lagre number of commuters specially school children and others cross it on a daily basis. The bridge has been closed after the incident.
The 67th Republic Day celebrations were organized with full pomp and grandeur at Nurul Amin Stadium in Nagaon. The flag was hosted by Cabinet Minister Rakibul Hussian. There was a marching contingent of the District Police, School Children and Members of various groups of the society. The highlight of the parade was a tableau of the Assam Disaster Management Society, Nagaon. Tight security arrangements were made during the celebration.
A Rhino has been killed by poachers in Kaziranga National Park and its horn has been cut off and taken away. The incident took place on Sunday when KNP security personnel found carcass of the rhino Diphalu camp in Burhapahar range and also recovered 29 bor bullet of M4 rifle. This is the second rhino killed this year.
A Youth Parliament/Youth Conclave on the theme of Skilled Youth, Empowered Assam was held at Dawson Higher Secondary school, Nagaon on Saturday. The conclave was participated by youth from different collages, members of Youth Clubs, members of student organizations and members of NGO’s from Karbi Anglong, Morigaon and Nagaon. The objective of the conclave is to enthuse the Sprit of patriotism and nationalism among the youths of Assam. Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, MP Rajen Gohain, Nagaon DC Monalisa Goswami were atttending the event.
An LPG Cylinder of domestic use got burst on Thursday night at the house of one Ibrahim Ali. Injuring 5 persons of the family during the blast. The injured are being treated in Nagaon Civil Hospital. The blast occurred while the houselady was cooking. People sitting at the dining table got injured. Due to the intensity of the blast the brick wall of the kitchen got damaged.
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