Spine Chilling crimes that haunted Assam in 2023

25 Dec,2023

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In April 2023, the Assam police cracked a gruesome human sacrifice case that occurred near the Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati four years earlier, in June 2019. During the annual Ambubachi mela, a 64-year-old woman was tragically killed and her body found wrapped in a blanket on the steps of Jai Durga Temple. 

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Human sacrifice near Kamakhya Temple

A woman, identified as Bandana Kalita, killed her husband and mother-in-law with the help of her paramour and a youth, cut the bodies into pieces, and later dumped the body parts in the mountains at Dawki in Meghalaya along Bangladesh border. The incident came to light on February 19 after police arrested the accused Bandana Kalita. 

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Guwahati woman kills husband and mother-in-law

The death of BJP leader Jonali Nath in Lower Assam’s Goalapar district sent shockwaves across the state. Her body was found near NH-17 in Goalpara district on June 11. A day later, the Assam police’s criminal investigation department arrested Congress politician Hasanur Islam, 28, as the prime accused in Jonali’s murder. 

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Assam BJP leader Jonali Nath killed in Goalpara

A relationship that began online during the COVID-19 lockdown tragically ended in a triple homicide in Assam’s Golaghat district in July 2023. Nazibur Rahman Bora, 25, and Sanghamitra Ghosh, 24, met on Facebook in June 2020 and their friendship developed into a relationship. They eloped to Kolkata in October 2020, but their relationship faced challenges.

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Man kills wife, her parents in Golaghat

Assam Police sub-inspector Junmoni Rabha was discovered dead under mysterious circumstances with injury marks in her private vehicle on May 16 in Jakhalabandha on National Highway 37. Her mother, Sumitra Rabha, claimed that Junmoni was murdered, however, the CBI has not uncovered the mystery behind Junmoni Rabha’s death.

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Assam Police SI Junmoni Rabha’s death in mysterious accident

A doctor couple from Guwahati was arrested on May 5 for allegedly keeping twin siblings captive in their home and abusing them for several months. The doctors - Dr Waliul Islam, a surgeon, and Dr Sangeeta Datta, a psychiatrist - have been sent to police custody along with their domestic help, who has been sent to judicial custody, the police said, adding that the couple has been charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act.

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Assam doctor couple kept 3-year-olds captive

In a shocking incident that has sent shockwaves through the Udalguri district, a woman and her lover have been arrested for the murder of the woman's husband. The victim, identified as Pradip Rabha, was reportedly killed by his wife, Pratima Rabha, and her lover, Pranab Rabha alias Babu, in their home in Kalaigaon.

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Wife, lover arrested for husband's murder in Udalguri