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.
The Union Cabinet has approved a Rs 37,500 crore scheme to promote coal and lignite gasification projects across India with an aim to strengthen energy security and create employment opportunities.
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