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Guwahati: Assam police launched two separate operations in Kamrup district this week, hitting both human trafficking and cybercrime syndicates. Suwalkuchi Police raided the Nij-Gandhamau home of Lalchand Ali, where they rescued 10 people. Officers detained Ali on-site. Intelligence reports suggested agents recruited the victims from across the state with false promises of work as laborers in Kashmir. Investigators believe Ali has run this operation for a long time, specifically targeting transient individuals without permanent addresses. Police are currently digging into the network to identify other recruiters and determine where the group was headed.
Separately, a late-night sweep in Tupamari pushed the total number of cybercrime arrests to 14. Personnel from Nagarbera and Tupamari police stations, supported by Boko-Chhaygaon subdivision leadership, apprehended four men: Mahsud Ahmed, Intadul Haque, Habel Uddin, and Saiful Islam. Searches at their homes yielded a haul of evidence including bank passbooks, cheque books, and ATM cards.
Local residents want authorities to finish the job. They have demanded that officials find the remaining players in the ring and deliver strict justice. One official noted, "Police are investigating the suspected network to ascertain the nature and extent of the alleged activities and determine the individual roles of those arrested." Investigators remain in the field and anticipate making more arrests as they sift through the recovered documents.
Updated at 24th September 2026 at 9:47am
In a separate operation on Wednesday, September 23, police in Sivasagar district raided the Cloud 9 homestay. Officers rescued three female college students and two men from the property. They detained the facility manager, Dhanjit Borgohain, alongside Manas Dutta, a manager from a different local homestay, for questioning. Authorities are checking whether the business operated without valid registration documents.
Updated at 25th September 2026 at 1:49am
A separate tragedy emerged from Dhemaji, where a 55-year-old migrant worker, Bidyadhar Payeng, turned up dead near Maldah railway station in West Bengal. Payeng, who was traveling back to Assam from Kerala on the Vivek Express, told his son by phone that men were chasing him shortly before he vanished. While his family suspects organ traffickers killed him, authorities are still pinning down the cause of death.
In another grim case from Dhemaji, police arrested a couple in Moridhal Kathalguri village for allegedly killing their newborn daughter. Villagers dug up the body from a pit behind the family home and found a rope tied around the infant's neck. Neighbors claim the parents wanted a boy instead, but investigators are still working to confirm a motive.
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