Mild quake hits Assam’s Dima Hasao district; no casualties reported
A mild earthquake, measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale, hit Assam’s mountainous Dima Hasao district on Saturday night, officials said.
A mother of a one-month-old baby was reportedly subjected to a brutal gang rape and subsequently killed in her own home in Assam’s Morigaon district.
This horrifying incident unfolded on Monday night in the Pasatia area of the district, during a time when the husband of the victim was away from home.
The woman was alone at home with her newborn when unidentified perpetrators forcibly entered her residence.
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According to police, she was sexually assaulted and then strangled to death.
Her husband told local media: “I’ve been working night shifts for a year now, and I’ve never had a problem.”
“My wife did mention that occasionally there were suspicious individuals loitering around the area late at night, but I didn’t pay much attention to it. When I returned home this morning, I was devastated to learn about the incident,” he said.
A police team swiftly arrived at the scene and took the victim’s body for the post-mortem examination.
A senior police officer stated, “An investigation has been initiated, and we are awaiting the results of the autopsy report.”
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