11-yr-old girl raped in Assam
Diphu (Assam): An 11-year old girl was raped and abandoned by her attacker assuming her to be dead in central Assam’s Karbi Anglong district, police sources said on Sunday. The girl was raped allegedly by her 24-year-old neighbour Tinku Sahu after taking her to a nearby sugarcane field at Kheroni on September 6. Assuming her to be dead, he abondoned the girl who was later recovered with multiple injuries, they said. Sahu was arrested and was in jail now, sources said. The incident came to light on Sunday after a team of the influential Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad and local women organisations visited the girl at her home. (PTI)
Temple in Assam’s Haflong burgled
Haflong: A temple of goddess Kali here in Assam’s Dima Hasao district was burgled and gold ornaments stolen, police said on Sunday. The thieves broke the lock of the temple, located in Hagjar Nagar, Saturday night and stole the Kali idol’s gold eyes, tongue, bangles, crown, and other valuables of the temple, the sources said. The burglary was found out by the priest of the temple Sunday morning and he informed the police immediately. The value of the stolen gold items was estimated to be around Rs two lakh, they said, adding, search was on to nab the culprits. (PTI)
Arrangements complete for Bru repatriation
Aizawl: Mizoram government has made all necessary arrangements to receive 121 Bru families who have agreed to return to the state from North Tripura refugee camps on their own from September 30, a senior official said on Sunday. “All Administrative Officers (AOs) and other officials including medical personnel have been given a detailed briefing about the works to be done,” state Joint Secretary for Home Lalbiakzama said, after attending the meeting of the ‘Core Committee on Bru Repatriation’ in the border town Mamit. The Bru families would be received at the three facilitation centres – New Eden, Zomuantlang and Kanhmun, he said, adding that bona fide residents of Mizoram would be taken to 15 different villages for resettlement. (PTI)
Committee urged to look into irregularities on airport site
Itanagar: An NGO on Sunday alleged several irregularities in the process of building the proposed airport at Hollongi in Arunachal Pradesh and urged the committee, constituted by the Itanagar bench of the Gauhati High court, to inquire them. Acting on a PIL filed by the NGO ‘Banderdewa Circle Intellectual Forum’, the three-member committee led by retired Justice A C Upadhayay has been formed recently to go into the merit of the state government’s decision to shift the site of the proposed airport from Karsingsa to Hollongi. In a release here, the Forum alleged that high profile names appeared on the compensation list for the Hollongi site, which “is a refugee notified area.” It also alleged that an area measuring 44,245 sq mt in the new site was not reflected in the compensation list and urged the committee to find out who actually owned the area. The forum further alleged that land acquisition process was carried out in Hollongi even though the land belonged to the government. (PTI)
Rains create havoc in two Arunachal districts
Itanagar: Incessant rain in the past few days has created havoc in two eastern Arunachal districts triggering landslips in the upper reaches of the region which has disrupted surface communication to Anini, the headquarters of Dibang Valley. Eze river, called as ‘The Sorrow of Roing’, has acquired turbulence form once again with the arrival of the September rains. In a ghostly repetition of last year, incessant rains washed away the BRTF-built temporary road as well as the hanging bridge over the river. This has disrupted the only lifeline between Roing Township and the rest of the hills area of the district, official sources informed today. The increasing water level of Eze is aggravated by frequent heavy landslides. Commoners and government employees coming down from Dibang Valley region have been compelled to halt at Roing. In the lower part of the district, villages including Chidu, 29 km, 12 km, Chimiri, New Elope, 6 km and Kebali are cut off from the headquarters. (PTI)
Elephant carcass found in Kaziranga
Kaziranga: Carcass of a young male elephant stuck in the mud was found in Kohora Range of Kaziranga National Park in Assam today, a Park official said. The body was found stuck between water hyacinth and heavy mud near Bukabil camp under Kohora Range by a routine patrolling party of the Forest Protection Force Battalion, said Kohora Range Officer Ranjit Baruah. The young elephant of about five years age died due to starvation as he got stuck for over three to four days, Baruah said. After the recent floods all low-lying areas in the rhino habitat has been submerged and heavy siltation by the Brahmaputra. (PTI)