A 15-year-old girl who had gone missing from Assam’s Kamrup district has been traced to Guwahati, where police allege that she was sexually assaulted at a homestay. Five people have been arrested in connection with the case, and investigators have initiated further legal and forensic proceedings. According to police officials, the teenager went missing on...
Three men have been arrested in Assam’s Chirang district in connection with the alleged abduction and gang rape of a 16-year-old tribal girl, police said. The case came to light after a video of the alleged assault was circulated on social media, prompting the victim to disclose the incident to her mother. According to police,...
Tensions have escalated in Assam’s Sribhumi district after the body of 52-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party booth president Bikash Ranjan Dhar was recovered near the Assam-Tripura border, nearly two days after he went missing. Police have detained six people in connection with the case and are investigating the circumstances surrounding his death. Dhar, a resident of...
In a major anti-narcotics crackdown, Assam Police seized drugs worth over ₹18 crore in multiple raids across the state, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma confirmed on Wednesday. The Sribhumi Police conducted a raid in Puwamara and recovered 650 grams of heroin and 10,000 Yaba tablets, valued at ₹5 crore, leading to the arrest of four...