Three villagers died and twenty others have been injured when security forces sprang upon a group of people who prevented the PowerGrid authority from erecting a wall in Biswanath chariali on Tuesday. The incident took place at Baghmari at 5.30 in the morning when local people came out to the street opposing the wall erected secretly on Monday. Security forces opened fire at the protesters where one died on the spot and two others died on the way to the hospital. Angry mob later burnt down 4 police vehicles. Top ranked police and civil officials have arrived in the spot to contain the situation.
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According to the villagers of Harangajao in Dima Hasao District, Assam, the Company (JKM Infra Ltd.) responsible for construction of the East-West Highway corridor stretch at Harangajao village have callously jeopardised the natural irrigation of the adjacent paddy fields by blocking the natural streams(which remain small during winter, but widen many more times during the rainy season, which the construction company could not anticipate) and diverting the water flow, thereby not only depriving water to the paddy fields, but also creating an impending situation of flood in the villages.In the coming monsoon season, the torrential rainfall would be diverted to the villages flooding the village lands, since the highway construction company has already blocked many small natural streams, which used to naturally minimise the heavy flow of water during heavy rainfall.The Dima Hasao district authorities (the Council and the Deputy Commissioner’s Office) must wake up to the impending ecological disaster and force the Construction company to review their ongoing construction planning & execution, which is currently jeopardising the local terrain due to blockage of natural streams.Only this can avert the impending flood and normalise the natural flow of water in the area.Once damage is done to the ecology, it is irreplaceable and economy of the area is destroyed!JKM Infra Ltd. is playing with the lives and livelihood of poor people in Harangajao…even the roads built by them are unlikely to remain intact, due to lack of proper soling (that is firming the foundation layer of the roads)!
Crucial document relating to transaction of several crores along dozens personal computers have been ravaged when the Dispur branch of Canara Bank caught fire on Sunday. The fire broke out at 2pm and fire tenderpr arrived in the spot as soon as the smoke were seen bellowing from the first floor of the bank beside the Ganesguri flyover. Initial report suggested that the fire broke out due to electric short circuit which completely ravaged the fist floor. Talking to assamtimes, the bank officials said that the lockers in the second floor was intact....
The opposition Asom Gana Parishad has given a 12 hour bandh call on Monday in protest against the Congress government's failure to deal with price rise and law and order breakdown. AGP leaders told assamtimes that the statewide bandh would come into force from 5 on Monday morning to end at 5 in the evening. On the other hand, the opposition party has exempted the essential services.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday reviewed the state's law and order situation at a meeting with top police and civil officials. Immediately after arriving in Guwahati, the chief minister invited IGP SN Singh and chief secretary Jitesh Khosla. Azara case and the pre poll violence in the Rabha Hasong areas figured in the review meeting. Gogoi further asked the duo to remain prepared for updating the NRC from next month.
Police got remand of 4 accused in the sensational Azara case where two women were gangraped and killed on October. Chief judicial magistrate remanded all the four accused for 7 days when they were produced before the court on Saturday afternoon. Then they were taken to Panbazar police station for further interrogation. On the other hand, a team of forensic experts have collected samples from the various spots to unearth the details of the case.
In a huge success, Dispur police have busted a gang of thieves who are minor boys during an operation on Friday night. A team of policemen managed to catch 16 thieves---of 9 to 15 years of age. Police further seized altogether 20 bicycles along with some gold ornaments. The kingpin is a 9 years of age who is believed to have made huge revelations before. The seized bicycles are being kept in Dispur police station waiting for the owners.
The identity of the two girls---believed to have been raped and kill in Azara seems to have surfaced. Two families have rushed to Azara police station to identify the bodies of the two girls who have been missing from Bidyapur in Bongaigaon from October 22. The names of the two girls are believed to be Jonali Rabha and Dalimi Boro.One more heldPolice have picked up one more youth in connection with the Azara case where two unidentified girls were gangraped and murdered in the outskirt of the Guwahati city. The youth was picked up from his home near the Borjhar airport.Interrogation is going on in Azara police station and later he is likely to be taken to the Panbazar police station for...
Guwahati police on Friday afternoon brought the four accused in the Azara case to the Panbazar police to intensify the probe into it. They were brought to the police station after a priliminary medical. Marathon interrogation is going on. All of them would be produced before the chief judicial magistrate seeking police remand. According to source, the accused confessed to have gangraped the two girls at a house on October 22.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi will ensure speedy probe into the Azara case to be tried in the fast track court. Talking to reporters in Delhi on Friday, Gogoi said that he would ask the authority to expedite the probe into the case where two girls were gangraped before being killed in Azara. Gogoi said that he would arrive in Guwahati to keep the process on track. Before that Gogoi held a crucial meeting with ministers Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma, Akon Bora and Rockybul Hussain at the Assam Bhawan in Delhi.
Assam BJP will go it alone in the forticoming Lok Sabha polls. Talking to reporters on Friday state unit president Sarbananda Sonowal said that the party has no dearth of strength to fight the polls. He categorically denied any move to forge poll pact with AGP. The party is all set to finetune the poll candidates in all the 14 constituencies.
Violent protest broke out in Azara as the angry local residents on Friday clashed with policemen who resorted to lathicharge to disperse the mob. As policemen started beating up the people, a section of the protesters pelted stones at the policemen. The protestors alleged that the police have been trying to call it an accident. A section of media people has been injured in the violent protest.
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