The eviction drive, the first of its kind in the area, was carried out in a coordinated operation involving revenue officials, police personnel, and other authorities. The structure, which had come up on land identified and verified under the Enemy Property category, was brought down after due legal process, officials said.
In a breakthrough, Diglipur Police have cracked the sensational murder case of local YouTube journalist Sahadev Dey and arrested four individuals, including a woman,...
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 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.