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GUWAHATI
The constabulary successful eastbound Assam’s Tinsukia territory arrested 2 men connected charges of supplying labourers illegally to Arunachal Pradesh, 21 of whom were killed successful a roadworthy mishap connected December 8.
Officials said Md Sirajul Ahmed, 36, and Sairuddin Ali, 27, were arrested for sending the labourers from Tinsukia’s Gelapukhuri Tea Estate to Anjaw territory successful Arunachal Pradesh. They were packed disconnected successful a truck, which fell into a 200-metre gorge earlier reaching Chaglagam, their destination.
There were 22 people, including the driver, connected the truck. One of them survived to pass the authorities successful Chaglagam connected December 10.
Rescue teams successful Arunachal Pradesh recovered the bodies of 20 labourers by Sunday (December 14, 2025). The hunt for the remaining worker, believed dead, continued.
Mandatory protocols violated
Tinsukia’s Senior Superintendent of Police, Mayank Kumar Jha, told journalists that mandatory protocols were violated portion transporting the workers to Arunachal Pradesh. “During the investigation, we recovered that the labourers were moved without due documentation oregon information measures,” helium said.
A lawsuit was registered against the duo, some from Tinsukia district’s Balupara Gaon, nether applicable sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. These included conception 143(3) dealing with quality trafficking and conception 105 (culpable homicide).
Mr. Jha said a Special Investigation Team has been constituted to probe the “entire chain” of the case.
On Saturday (December 13) evening, the bodies of six labourers retrieved connected December 12 were cremated astatine the Gelapukhuri Tea Estate. The territory authorities received the bodies successful the beingness of Minister Bimal Borah and Tinsukia MLA Sanjay Kishan.
