Assam Crime

Two killed as Assam protests turned violent in Mumbai; Crime Branch probe ordered

Edited by Surabhi Malik | Sunday August 12, 2012

Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has ordered the Mumbai Crime Branch to investigate last evening's violence near Azad Maidan in which two people killed. Another 50 were injured after a protest over ethnic violence in Assam turned violent.

Assam clashes: Bring law and order under control, Prime Minister tells Tarun Gogoi

Press Trust of India | Tuesday July 24, 2012

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today took stock of the situation in Assam where ethnic clashes have taken place and directed Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to do everything possible to control violence.

Guwahati molestation case: Main accused was in Mumbai, still not arrested

Kishalay Bhattacharjee | Thursday July 19, 2012

10 days after he was caught on camera, smiling as he led a mob of 30 men in molesting a young woman, Amar Jyoti Kalita, remains missing. The chief minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi said on Thursday that Mr Kalita was seen in Mumbai yesterday, but was un...

Guwahati molestation case: Opposition protests in front of Raj Bhawan

Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday July 19, 2012

Opposition AIUDF legislators on Wednesday staged a protest in front of Raj Bhavan over the July 9 public molestation of a girl on a main road here and other crimes that have rocked various parts of Assam in the recent past.

Guwahati case: Editor of channel that filmed molestation resigns, says reporter did nothing wrong

Edited by Surabhi Malik | Tuesday July 17, 2012

The Editor-in-Chief of Newslive, the TV channel that recorded and aired the brutal molestation of a Class XI Guwahati student last week, resigned today. He however insisted that his channel did nothing wrong.

Guwahati's shame: 50 men seen molesting girl, just four arrested

NDTV Correspondent | Friday July 13, 2012

A big hoarding in Guwahati has on it photographs and names of six men. They have been identified as being part of a mob of about 50 men who brutally molested a young girl outside a pub in Assam's capital.

Four arrested for child trafficking, eight minor girls rescued

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday June 26, 2012

Four people, including a woman, were arrested in Delhi for child trafficking and eight minor girls were rescued, police said on Tuesday. "The accused were involved in trafficking minor girls from Assam, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh and placing them as ...

Human head found in bag near Assam temple

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday March 2, 2012

The discovery of a man's severed head on a road leading to the ancient Kamakhya temple created quite a sensation in this Assam's major city on Friday, and police said it could be a case of human sacrifice.

Anti-poaching raids in Assam

NDTV Correspondent | Thursday February 11, 2010

There has been a dramatic increase in wildlife crime in Assam. Orang National Park has decided to go all out and step up pressure on neighbouring villages.