He came to perform. He left with injuries to his head and face, and a story that has shaken the Northeast music world to its core. Sikkimese rapper UNB — real name Ugen Namgyal Bhutia — was ambushed on a remote stretch of road in Arunachal Pradesh’s Lower Dibang Valley on the evening of September … Read more
House-hunting in Itanagar just got a whole lot riskier — and the police want you to know before it’s too late. Itanagar Police have issued a sharp public alert warning residents about a troubling surge in rental house and paying guest (PG) scams. The fraudsters are not operating from dark back alleys. They are right … Read more
He was just out for an evening walk. That’s all. And yet, by the time the sun had fully set along the Jollang-Rakap road on the outskirts of Itanagar, National Award-winning filmmaker Dominic Sangma was on the receiving end of bamboo sticks wielded by two men in a drunken rage. Police confirmed on September 18 … Read more
A routine financial audit at a government post office just cracked open what could be one of the most brazen cases of fund embezzlement Tawang has seen in recent years — and the person at the centre of it is a woman who was supposed to be handling public money with care. A multi-tasking staffer … Read more
A 70-year-old woman was allegedly sexually assaulted in a quiet village in Arunachal Pradesh. And the silence that followed, the kind that often swallows such stories in remote corners of the Northeast, was broken this time — loudly. The Arunachal Pradesh Women’s Welfare Society (APWWS) has come out strongly condemning the reported assault of the … Read more
She had done it a thousand times before — walking back from her agricultural field in a remote village in Arunachal Pradesh’s Lower Dibang Valley district, the kind of quiet, routine journey that marks the end of a long day’s work. But on September 9, that familiar walk home turned into a nightmare that no … Read more
Thirty-four children. That number alone should stop you cold. Namsai Police in Arunachal Pradesh have traced or recovered 38 persons — 34 of them children — in connection with a suspected child trafficking and illegal placement racket, officials confirmed on Saturday. Four alleged facilitators have been arrested so far, and investigators say they are far … Read more
He wasn’t stealing gold or cash. Just cooking gas. But for the families who came home to find their LPG cylinders missing, it stung just the same. Naharlagun police in Arunachal Pradesh arrested a 30-year-old man on Thursday, September 3, after a careful investigation into a wave of LPG cylinder thefts that had been quietly … Read more
A road project meant to connect villages. A contractor waiting for his dues. And three men who allegedly smelled an opportunity — a dangerous one. Naharlagun Police have arrested three individuals in connection with a brazen fraud involving a PMGSY road project, where a contractor was allegedly duped using a forged government letter claiming his … Read more
Nineteen children — some as young as three years old — have been rescued from across Arunachal Pradesh in what police are calling a major crackdown on an organized child trafficking network. The Operation That Shook Multiple Districts It started with a complaint. On August 17, the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) of Namsai district walked … Read more
