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Broom Valley youth goes missing with Pet Dog; Found after Search Operation

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John Wilbert & Vikramaditya
Port Blair, July 22: On 20 July 2021 a missing complaint was registered in Kadamtala Police Station, in which it was mentioned that one youth namely Mr. Prasanjit, 22 years, a resident of Broom Valley, who went for fishing with his dog, inside Phooltala Forest on 18 July 2021, did not return.
Following the complaint, immediately a joint team of Police and Forest Department was formed by Sub Inspector Tamil Arasan. The police team started a massive search operation inside the forest area of Phooltala and Shantipur Dinghy Ghat area, braving the adverse weather conditions.
As per details, yesterday while conducting Jungle search in Shantipur Dinghy Ghat area of Western Coast the team found both Prasanjit and his pet dog safe inside the forest area after which the person was taken to PHC Kadamtala Hospital for necessary medical help.
According to details, the missing youth had lost his way inside deep forest.
The entire Operation was conducted under overall supervision of SDPO, Rangat (In-charge), Mr. RK Sharma and Mr. Vichitra Veer, IPS Superintendent of Police, North and Middle Andaman.

 

Three minor boys sustained grievous injuries as old Supply Godown of Rangat Bay collapses

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John Wilbert & Vikramaditya
Rangat, July 22: A dilapidated wooden and tin structure of old Supply Godown collapsed on 21 July 2021 afternoon at around 02:30 PM due to heavy rain and strong wind. The building was situated near Rangat Bay jetty.
During the heavy rain three minor boys of Rangat Bay area were reportedly playing inside the building, who sustained grievous injuries. Immediately Police and local people helped them out and rushed them to CHC Rangat.
All boys reportedly sustained multiple fractures and because of the grievous injuries they were referred to GB Pant Hospital for better treatment.

Members of Jarawa Tribe reportedly cut nearby 40 Arecanut Trees in Shantanu Village of Middle Andaman

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John Wilbert
Port Blair, July 19: In a shocking development a number Jarawa youths reportedly entered inside private plantation area of Shantanu Village, Kadamtala, Middle Andaman and cut nearly 40 fully grown Arecanut Trees and took those trees with them.

Mr. Prakash Mandal, incharge of INC in Uttara told Andaman Sheekha Daily over phone that some villagers saw Jarawa Tribal people cutting those Arecanut Trees but out of fear they could not stop them. The Jarawa Tribal people were carrying machetes, he claimed.

According to Mr. Mandal this incident took place on 16 July 2021. “Since last two years Jarawa Tribal people are entering in our villages but they used to leave with some fruits and coconuts etc but this is the first time when they caused such damage to private plantation,” he added.

Mr. Mandal also claimed that the Jarawa Tribal people came in a dinghy however, when officials of Tribal Welfare of both Kadamtala and Middle Strait region were questioned, they refuted any such news saying they do not have any such information.

They claimed that they are keeping close eye on the movement of Jarawa Tribes due to COVID-19 situation and hence there is no chance anyone from Jarawa Tribe can do this.
Entering of Jarawa tribal people in village areas is not a new thing in Kadamtala region of Middle Andaman. Andaman Sheekha had earlier reported about dozens of such incidents but in present scenario such undetected movement of Jarawa Tribal people, could be dangerous for entire Tribal Community because of the threat of COVID-19 infection.
If in this case some Jarawa Tribal people had entered Middle Andaman villages by duping officials of Tribal Welfare department, then this is a serious issue and such lapses must not be repeated.
Villagers of Middle Andaman are also demanding for a full proof mechanism to keep Jarawa Tribal People away from Middle Andaman villages to avoid any conflict between Jarawa Tribes and villagers of Middle Andaman, in coming days.

 

Diglipur Team Cracks Burglary within Hours, 100% Recovery

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Port Blair, July 18: Mr. Sunil Chander Das who runs a grocery shop at R K Gram near Civil Supply Godown, came to police station at around 6:20 AM on 18/07/2021, stating that he had kept some gold ornaments and cash in the drawer of his shop but when he came to the shop in the morning, he saw that the lock of the shop is broken and the gold jewellery and cash missing from his cash drawer. SHO of Diglipur immediately called all the staff available in police station and asked about any suspicious persons in their beat, who might have committed this burglary. Based on the inputs from the beat staff, teams were dispatched to different places to check on such persons. One such team, headed by SI Manoj Lal checked Prabir Kumar Barman and asked about his whereabouts last night. When he was not able to give any satisfactory answers, the team got suspicious. On sustained interrogation, he admitted to have committed the burglary and led the police team to recovery of jewellery, which met the description given by the complainant. The found jewellery was got identified by the complainant, which included 02 Nos. bangles, 02 Nos. ear rings, 02 Nos. Chain and 01 No. Finger ring all weighing around 40 grams. The accused has been arrested.

 

One arrested for impregnating minor

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John Wilbert
Port Blair, July 14: A youth of Kishori Nagar, North Andaman has been arrested under POCSO Act.
As per source on 12th July, a 15 year old minor girl of North Andaman went to nearby hospital when Doctor checked her, the Doctor found her pregnant.
Immediately information was given to nearby Police Station, following which a POCSO case was registered.
On investigation by police, it was found that the girl had relationship with a 26 year old youth, a private worker and resident of Kishori Nagar. Further a police team arrested the man. Further details are awaited.

Two persons caught red handed with venison from Laukinallah Forest

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Salim Javed
Betapur, July 13: On 12 July a team of forest mobile squad, following a tip off, reached Laukinallah forest on patrolling, where two persons namely Sunil Barail & Mr. Sukdev Barman both residents of Laukinallah were caught red handed with 17 kg meat of spotted dear.
Later the accused were handed over to Betapur range, from where they have been released after fine.
The whole team consisted of Ranger Mr Vijay Kishan, Deputy Ranger S.P.Roy, Forester Baiju & Nair, Forest Guard Sabeer and Basant Lal, Mazdoor Ashrafuddin, Alagu, Sanjay, Ranjan and Kaushik.

80 KG handia recovered and huge quantity of Lahan Destroyed in N&MA

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Port Blair, July 11: Based on the local information, the team of PS Diglipur conducted raid in Navin Nagar and recoved more than 80 liters of Handia. Aperson named Lokiram, from whom the recovery was done, has been booked for the violation of the provisions of Excise Regulation.

In another instance, the team of PS Kalighat conducted search in the jungle area of Talbaghan and destroyed a bhatti installed for fermentation of Handia and also destroyed 2 drums full of Lahan.

The police officers are also making appeal to general public not to buy or consume such illicit liquor and inform the nearest police station if someone around them is involved in such activities.

Work of Middle Strait Creek bridge to complete in next one years; 94 percent work of Humphrey Strait Creek Bridge is over

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Trinath & Savita Kumari
Port Blair, July 06: Dr. Angel Bhati Chauhan, IAS, the Deputy Commissioner of NMA District today said that within next one year the Middle Strait Creek bridge between Baratang and Middle Strait, will also be completed.
Talking to Andaman Sheekha, the Deputy Commissioner said that the contract value of the bridge is 170 Crores and out of 109 piles, work for 60 piles has been completed.
She said that the Administration is hopeful that in next one year the Middle Strait Creek bridge will be completed.
“In last one year fast pace work in Middle Strait Creek bridge has been observed. Initially there were some issues with permissions and clearances,” the DC added.
The DC added that the two bridges in Andaman Trunk Road, which is life line of North and Middle Andaman, are very crucial for these Islands.
The Deputy Commissioner pointed out that the structural work of the Humphrey Strait Creek Bridge at Kadamtala is completed. “The road laying works and the ornamental works are in progress, which will take another one or two months to complete,” the DC added.
She further mentioned weather is a major hurdle in this work but the administration is working hard to complete the work as soon as possible and very soon the inauguration date of the Humphrey Strait Creek bridge will be announced.
The DC, NMA further pointed out that in NMA district altogether 60,000 doses of vaccines have been provided.
99% population in NMA of 45 and above age group people have been vaccinated with first dose and for the completion of second dose the administration is doing special camps at remotest areas and providing second dose to all eligible beneficiaries. Total 11,000 people are there, who have been completely vaccinated with both the doses.
“In NMA District around 14,500 people of 18-44 age group have been given the first dose of vaccine and soon additional doses will be received by administration and will be distributed accordingly”, she added.
The DC further assured the residents of NMA district that all the people scheduled to get their second dose of vaccine need not panic. Our special camp teams will reach them all will be covered in the next 10 days.
Dr. Chauhan the DC also mentioned that the two CHCs in NMA district are being more equipped with medical infrastructure i.e. oxygen pipeline is being set and the work will be complete within two days in CHC Rangat and then the team will further head towards Diglipur CHC. So far interviews have been conducted for COVID management, field work and for better enforcements, will be soon deployed in the field.

DC, NMA assures to provide bus service for students to appear in exam at Port Blair

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Trinath & Savita Kumari
Port Blair, Jul 08: Since last 2 days several phone calls have been received by senior correspondent of Andaman Sheekha from several students of Tagore Government College of Education (TGCE) and their parents that postponed examinations of TGCE have been rescheduled on 3 different dates from 13 July 2021 onwards at Port Blair. All the parents and students were extremely worried about their movement from North and Middle to South Andaman.
The matter was immediately taken up with the Deputy Commissioner of NM Andaman. On listening to the facts Dr. Angel Bhati Chauhan, the Deputy Commissioner NMA said that the students should not be worried about their movement to Port Blair to appear in their examination.
She informed that all the details of the students of TGCE, who are residing in NMA district have been received from the college by the administration and the NMA District Administration is well prepared in advance and STS bus service shall be arranged for the students and they will be informed a day before their journey date accordingly.

Two missing residents found from Jungle after a search operation inside Sitanagar Forest

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John Wilbert & Vikramaditya
Port Blair, July 04: On 04 July 2021 a missing complaint was registered in Diglipur Police Station, in which it was mentioned that two people namely Mr. Ashim Das, 44 years, a resident of RK Gram and Mr. Tapan Dhali, 41 years a resident of Naveen Nagar, who went for fishing in Sitanagar Forest on 02 July 2021, did not return back.
Following the complaint, immediately a team was formed by SHO Diglipur Mr. NS Stalin, which was headed by Mr. Manoj Lall. The team consisting of Police Constable PC Aboobacker Siddiqui, PC Sameer Halder, PC Vishnu Kumar Reddy, IRBN QRT Commando Shiju Mathew and MK Adhikari along with 04 Forest Staff of Diglipur and 07 local villagers of Sitanagar started a massive Search Operation inside the forest, despite knowing that there is a threat from wild elephants.
The team carried, arms, fire crackers and phone with siren and hand held loud speakers.
As per details, while conducting Jungle search the team found both the person safe inside the forest after which both the persons were taken to Diglipur Hospital for necessary medical help. As per details after treatment both the persons were handed over to their family members.
According to details, both the missing men had lost their way inside deep forest, although in some point of time they received weak mobile signals but they were unable to find a way out of the dense forest.
The entire Operation was conducted under overall supervision of SDPO, Diglipur, Mr. RK Sharma and Mr. Vichitra Veer, IPS Superintendent of Police, N&M Andaman.