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On the morning of September 30, Roy’s family grew anxious when he didn’t return home. His phone was unreachable. By midday, the police were informed, and an investigation was launched. Tracing his last movements led them to Rangat, where he had gone for a meeting, but he never returned.

In 2010-11, the Indian government sanctioned a survey for a broad-gauge railway line connecting Port Blair and Diglipur in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The project was envisioned as a transformative step for the archipelago, significantly reducing travel time and enhancing connectivity. Initially targeted for completion by September 2014, the railway remains incomplete more than a decade later, raising concerns about delays in critical infrastructure development.

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In late 1980s and early 1990s Port Blair, news traveled slowly, and society remained conservative. Young couples seeking privacy faced danger on secluded stretches near Mazar Pahar and Corbyn’s Cove, where predatory groups carried out what they chillingly referred to as “attacks.” These assaults, though widely whispered about, never reached the police or newspapers. Victims remained silent, fearing societal judgment rather than justice. Today, Port Blair has changed—its roads busier, its isolation diminished. But the past lingers in memory, and the men who once preyed on the vulnerable now walk as husbands and fathers, their crimes buried by time and silence.