River terminal inaugurated

Karimganj (Assam), Dec 25 A river terminal was inaugurated at Badarpur ghat in Assam&aposs Karimganj district to facilitate the resumption of Haldia to Silchar waterways service via Bangladesh.Inland Water Transport Corporation Secretary V N Sharma, inaugurating the terminal last night, said that the revival of this water route would go a long way in the all round development of the region.
&apos&aposThe prices of essential commodities will come due to low cost of fuel consumption and will also help in tackling the flood problem of the area&apos&apos, he said.
The waterway services would resume soon after the passing the necessary bill in this connection in Parliament and would initially be for a period of six months though the possibility of making it a year-round service was under active consideration, he said.
The proposal of dredging the rivers Meghna and Padma in Bangladesh would also taken up soon and its expenses borne by the Indian government, Sharma added. PTI

Death sentence for killer, Sonahar Ali of Karimganj

Silchar, June 5: A 45-year-old killer, Sonahar Ali, a resident of Karimganj district, was yesterday convicted and sentenced to death by the additional district and sessions court under Section 302 IPC in a 1999 multiple murder case.

This was the first time that the district and sessions judge, Bishnu Debnath, had sentenced to death someone in the south Assam district on the Indo-Bangladesh border.
The case is related to the planned and cold-blooded serial murder of nine persons — three grown-up males, one woman and five adolescent girls, all siblings— at Betubari village under Ratabari block in the district on December 15, 1999.

According to the 75-page verdict, the accused had burnt to death one Kuti Mea, a farmer, his wife Asia Begum and five of their daughters by setting their house on fire. Source: telegraph india