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Anjaw Gorge Search Ends With 20 Dead as Assam Police Arrest Two in Trafficking Probe

Attention shifts to an SIT probe into alleged illegal recruitment.

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The bodies of six workers killed in the accident were brought back to Assam and cremated at Gelaphakuri tea estate in Tinsukia district on Saturday evening.

Overview

  • District officials formally called off the multi‑agency operation at 10 am Monday after confirming 21 occupants, with 20 bodies recovered and one survivor.
  • Deputy Commissioner Millo Kojin said the NDRF completed its assignment and was released after all remains were handed over to families.
  • The lone survivor, Budheswar Deep, is under treatment at Assam Medical College Hospital in Dibrugarh and is reported stable.
  • Tinsukia police arrested Md Sirajul Ahmed and Sairuddin Ali, registered Case No. 432/2025 under BNS sections including human trafficking and culpable homicide, and constituted an SIT with further arrests possible.
  • All victims’ bodies were received in Tinsukia and cremated, as compensation was announced of Rs 2 lakh from the PMNRF and Rs 5 lakh from the Assam government.