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Assam has suffered damages of almost 10,000 crore due to floods and landslides during the monsoon season, one of the worst in recent history.
Digital Desk: In connection with the suspected embankment breach case in Silchar that triggered severe floods in the state during the height of monsoon season, Assam Police detained another individual on Tuesday.
Since chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma asserted last month that the flood in Silchar was a "manmade" disaster, there have been five arrests. Raju Deb, a 26-year-old inhabitant of Silchar's Ashram Road neighborhood, has been identified as the individual detained.
Ramandeep Kaur, the superintendent of police in Cachar, claims that the arrest of the accused is being made based on video footage of the embankment breach.
Although we have proof of his involvement in demolishing a portion of the embankment there, this guy does not live in the Bethukandi region. His Tuesday arrest led to his current detention, according to Kaur's statement.
In Silchar, as per police records, Deb was detained last year for vandalizing a few posters for the "Jal Jeevan Mission" initiative of the federal government. He was eventually freed on bail.
On June 26, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the floods in Silchar were caused by human activity and would not have occurred if some miscreants' had not 'breached' the embankment at Bethukandi. Sarma returned to Silchar on July 1 and warned that no one who was engaged in the event would be spared.
The police then detained Ripon Khan, Mithu Hussain Laskar, Kabul Khan, and Nazir Hussian Laskar. On July 12, however, Vishva Hindu Parishad members claimed that the Bethukandi dike break, which led to the deluge of nearly the whole town, resulted from a land mafia scam.
On July 1, Sarma said that the Assam Police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) would file a complaint against six people and transport the detainees to Guwahati for questioning.
According to the Cachar SP, a team of CID officials is also looking into the situation per the chief minister's directive. "We are looking into the situation, and they are looking into it in their own ways. As of the right moment, we have not gotten any instructions regarding the arrestees being transported to Guwahati by CID, the woman stated.
The shattered portions of the embankments close to Silchar town continue to worry the local populace. The Cachar district government posted on social media on Monday that they had tried to pump the ponded water out of Mahisha Beel. Still, experts advised against it since the vibration from the large pumps might further weaken the embankments.
However, locals close to Mahisha Beel pleaded with the authorities to assist them in finding new homes. "Due to the pond's stagnant water, we had been living on the road for more than a month. The administration is currently claiming that it is impossible to pump the water out. Now, this looks like unending torture," Aftab Uddin Sodiol, 45, remarked.
State officials said on Tuesday that Assam's monsoon season had seen some of the worst floods and landslides in recent memory, resulting in losses of close to 10,000 crores. The flood has impacted over 250,000 people, and as many as 193 people have perished.
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