Lifer on parole commits suicide in Assam: Police
Guwahati: A lifer who was out on parole allegedly committed suicide after seriously injuring his wife in Sonitpur district of Assam, a police officer said. The lifer, Jiten Nath, attacked his wife with a sharp knife following an altercation with her and escaped from the house Saturday, police said. The family members launched a search for him and found him hanging from a tree in the backyard of his house on Sunday. His wife was shifted to Guwahati Medical College Hospital in a critical condition. Nath was on parole for 20 days and was scheduled to return to Tezpur Central Jail Tuesday. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing his friend Bidul Das. (PTI)
Woman militant arrested in Manipur
Imphal: A woman militant was arrested by security forces in Manipur’s Imphal East district, police said Sunday. A joint team of police and Assam Rifles arrested the woman militant belonging to the proscribed outfit United National Liberation Front (UNLF) at Lamlai Makha Leikai area of the district on Friday, a release issued by the PRO of Manipur Police said. A case has been registered at Lamlai police station and further investigations are on, said the release. (PTI)
Five NSCN(K) members arrested in Arunachal Pradesh
Itanagar: In a major setback to NSCN (K), security forces in Arunachal Pradesh have arrested five overground workers of the banned outfit from Longding district. Acting on specific intelligence inputs, the Longding Battalion of Assam Rifles apprehended them on Saturday, Defence spokesman Col Chiranjit Konwer said. They were handed over to the police on Saturday, he said. Extortion money amounting to Rs 4 lakh and documents, including photographs and contact numbers of insurgents, were recovered from their possession, the spokesman further added on Sunday. Security forces have been carrying out operations in south Arunachal Pradesh to keep the area free from insurgents. The battalion had apprehended eight linkmen of the banned outfit since Thursday and recovered over Rs 16 lakh extortion money from their possession, the spokesman added. (PTI)
Arunchal MP suggests to Centre for dredging of Siang river
Itanagar: Lok Sabha MP from Arunachal Pradesh, Ninong Ering has suggested to the Centre for dredging of the Siang river to solve the recurrent flood and erosion problems in the downstream areas of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam. The Siang river is called the Tsangpo in China and in Assam it is called the Brahmaputra. The Congress MP from Arunachal East constituency on Saturday in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi apprised him of the large-scale soil erosion taking place along the banks of Siang river in East Siang district which has posed a serious threat to the lives of people in riverine areas. With Siang river in spate and flowing above danger level, the MP expressed deep concern over large-scale siltation in the riverbed and soil erosions in downstream areas of Borguli and Serum villages under Mebo sub-division and Pertung, Sika-Bamin and Sika-Tode in Pasighat area. (PTI)