A massive fire broke out near the IOC railway gate in Tinsukia town on Wednesday night, engulfing the residence of Nabanita Agarwal, a ward commissioner of Tinsukia Municipal Board. The blaze, suspected to be triggered by a short circuit, also ravaged the homes of two prominent businessmen, Binay Baba and Pawan Jain. No one was injured in the incident.
In a horrifying murder, on Wednesday, neighbour and police retrieved the body of a person who was killed by his drug-addicted adopted son. The son was living with the body for 2 days at Chaliha Nagar.