* THE TIMES OF INDIA, PATNA 4 TIMES CITY | REGION WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2021
5-yr-old kidnapped, raped & Jeweller shot dead DIGEST Six Bhojpur men missing inside shop at Bihta as boat capsizes in Ganga killed in Siwan; accused held A boat carrying 12 persons capsized in the [email protected] heart of the Bihta mandi. There are at least 30 jewellery shops there. He has Ganga after collided with a pillar of Ara- Debashish.Karmakar The villagers tried to involvement when the girl Patna: Unidentified bike-borne ar- been murdered in order to terrorise Chhapra bridge near Doriganj in Saran @timesgroup.com was found missing from her med criminals shot dead a gold trader others,” a prominent trader from Bih- district on Monday night. While six of them lynch the accused home Monday night,” he sa- after barging inside his shop located in ta said. swam to safety, the six others were mis- Patna: Police recovered the after freeing him id. the heart of crowded Bihta market in The criminals also assaulted his sing. A search operation was on. According body of a five and a half years from police custody. The SHO said Pradeep, a western Patna at around 8.30pm on Tu- staff cum driver, Neeraj Kumar, du- to sources, those missing are Rameshwar old girl on the outskirts of a They pelted the native of village Sugahi un- esday. The deceased has been identifi- ring the incident. Neeraj, who survi- Rai (50) , Dineshwar Rai (45), Manoj Pandey village under Pachrukhi poli- der Siswan police station ed as Mantu Kumar Gupta, 40. He ow- ved narrowly during the shooting, told (50), Naresh Rai (28), Manjit Kumar (17) and ce station area in Siwan dis- police team with area of Siwan district, is ac- ned Maa Vindhyavasini Jewellers in mediapersons that the criminals had Devendra Kumar (18), all from Semra village trict on Tuesday morning. stones when he was cused of killing his wife by the market area. barged inside the shop and fired three under Barhara police station area in Bhoj- Pachrukhi police station being taken to the hanging her and had badly in- Bihta police station SHO Atulesh to four rounds. Neeraj said he saw the pur district. They were returning from a fair SHO Dadan Singh said the jured her brother with a Kumar said Gupta was shot in his head criminals fleeing on three different bi- when the mishap occurred. But the locals minor was kidnapped from police station sharp-edged object. and chest. The criminals fired three to kes towards Machhli gali. said they were returning after selling sand her residence at around the morning, the villagers windscreen and window pa- “His nature was known to four rounds inside the shop. He said a On August 6, unidentified crimi- in the night. A CPI(ML) delegation compri- 8.30pm on Monday and was tried to lynch Pradeep after nes by stones,” he said. the villagers and that’s why few empty cartridges were also recove- nals had shot at a druggist, Sonu Ku- sing Tarari MLA Sudama Prasad, Bhojpur taken to a secluded place. freeing him from police cus- Dadan said there was a they first suspected his hand red from the shop. mar, on NH-30 near Anandpur under district committee member Dilraj Pritam “There, she was raped and tody. shraddh in the relation of the behind the kidnapping of the The SHO said the criminals also Bihta police station area. Sonu owns a and others visited Semra and met the then strangled by the accu- The villagers pelted the girl’s family at the village and minor girl,” he said. ransacked the shop and it was yet not wholesale drugstore at Maner. He was families of the missing persons. sed, Pradeep Singh (40), who police team with stones when her mother had gone there to The SHO said the body clear if the murder was a fallout of any targeted while returning home. Crimi- is the maternal cousin of the he was being taken to the poli- attend the rituals while lea- was handed over to the family extortion demand or loot bid. However, nals had not looted anything from So- Poor air quality in Patna: According to a girl’s father,” he said. ce station. A few police per- ving her alone at home. after postmortem. Pradeep’s traders in the market strongly believe nu. This incident is also suspected to report shared by the Centre For Environ- The SHO said Pradeep sonnel protecting him were “Pradeep had also come to medical examination has al- that the murder was a fallout of extor- be linked with extortion. ment And Energy Development (CEED), was arrested and on his con- injured. One of the two police the village two days back to so been conducted. He said tion demand, which Mantu might have In the past, several cases of firing Patna has witnessed only seven good air fession, police recovered the vehicles was also damaged as attend the same shraddh. Vil- further investigations were denied to pay.“This is a pure case of ex- and killing had taken place in Bihta for quality days in the past seven months from girl’s body from a bush. “In the irate mob smashed its lagers suspected Pradeep’s going on in the case. tortion. The incident took place in the extortion. January to July this year. The report tit- led—Ambient Air Quality of Patna— high- lighted the scale of air pollution here and stated that air quality in 97% of the days in the last seven months was not good to Nitish makes a veiled attack Traffic hit on NH-80 as culvert caves in breathe. “This finding is significant as for about two months, the state was under Kumar Rajesh in shambles for long. Barring some tion of NH-80, which is widely used lockdown due to Covid-19 and most of the Bhagalpur: Traffic movement on patchworks and cosmetic repairs, for transportation of stone chips, industrial activity had come to a halt and on Delhi CM Kejriwal, Tejas other kind of pollution level had also decre- NH-80 remained disrupted for so- nothing substantial has been done coal and other commercial activiti- TOI ased,” states the CEED report. Sheezan.Nezami me hours as a culvert caved in near to widen the NH-80 since it was con- es. However, nothing has been @timesgroup.com Anandipur under Kahalgaon sub- verted from state highway to NH. done yet. division in the wee hours of Tues- Kahalgaon resident and gene- day. As a loaded truck got trapped GOVT APATHY? ral secretary of Bhagalpur Univer- PATNA WEATHER Patna: Bihar CM Nitish Ku- just when the culvert caved in, com- sity Teachers’ Association Dr Pa- mar on Tuesday made a vei- mercial and private vehicles remai- Residents of Kahalgaon, inclu- wan Kumar Singh said it was really Max 32.3°C Min 26.6°C led attack on his Delhi coun- ned stuck on the highway up to se- ding members of Kahalgaon Truck pathetic that such an important Sunset:Wednesday: 6.28 pm terpart Arvind Kejriwal veral kilometres. Owners’ Association, have expres- road has remained neglected for se- Sunrise:Thursday: 5.22 am over providing a meagre A major portion of 70km stretch sed strong resentment on several veral years. Partly cloudy sky amount as the financial assi- of NH-80 between Bhagalpur and occasions against the NH officials The NH engineers could not be Maximum & minimum temp likely to be around stance to the next of kin of Pirpainty/Mirzachowki (up to sta- as well as people’s representatives contacted despite repeated at- 33°C and 27°C respectively Max humidity 90% min75%. Rain 4 mm those who died of Covid-19, te borders) via Kahalgaon has been for “ignoring” the pathetic condi- tempts by this newspaper. but giving large-scale publicity. Speaking at a health de- partment programme to in- CM Nitish Kumar addresses a programme organised in Patna augurate several projects Chirag gets 4-month 3 D’bhanga men held for `2cr and and laying the founda- who dies even in other states institutes in Bihar. As per a tion stones for many others during the line of Covid-19 survey, average 39 people vi- worth Rs2705.35 crore, Ni- treatment will be given paid sited a primary health cent- time to vacate father’s jewellery theft in Mumbai tish said without taking any- Rs4 lakh. re in a month earlier. The one’s name, “We give Rs4 The CM, without any na- number has increased to Mateen.Hafeez mother, wife and daughter ene bags and buried them lakh to the family of those me, also took a jibe at the lea- over 10,000 now. 12 Janpath bungalow @timesgroup.com had gone to Lonavla for a two- near their homes, said the po- who belonged to Bihar and der of opposition in the state “That time, more than fo- day holiday. The complainant lice. So far, jewellery worth Rs Mumbai: The city police re- lives on the sixth floor of the 1.5 crore has been recovered. died of Covid-19 anywhere in assembly, Tejashwi Prasad od, people had to spend on Ramashankar performed after a year of one's the country, but we do not Yadav, saying a few people medical treatment. People death) of his father. cently arrested a domestic duplex with his family, while During interrogation, waste money on advertise- had no idea of basic things, are forgetting old things and Patna: The Union housing Ram Vilas had died at Fort- help , his cousin and uncle for his mother lives on the sev- Chandan told investigators ment. On the other hand, but were busy in writing fal- such things need to be told and urban af- is Escorts Heart Institute, allegedly stealing diamond enth floor. The family’s cook that he had stolen the flat keys those who are giving se and useless stuff on the so- through social media,” Ni- fairs mini- New Delhi, on October 8 last and gold jewellery worth would sleep in the kitchen on and used them on the day of Rs50,000 to the family of Co- cial media. tish said. stry is learnt year when he was the minister nearly Rs 2 crore from a du- the sixth floor, while Chandan the theft. He opened the door vid-19 deceased are spending He asked the officials pre- He appreciated the ef- to have given of consumer affairs, food and plex on Bhulabhai Desai Road would sleep outside the flat. of the sixth floor while the more on advertisement thro- sent in the event to keep peo- forts of the health depart- four months public distribution in the Na- near Breach Candy Hospital A police team, led by se- cook was asleep in the kitch- ugh various media ple updating through social ment in tackling two Co- time to Jamui rendra Modi cabinet. He ser- in south Mumbai in July. nior inspector R G Rajbahr, en. Then, he went to the win- channels.” media about the works being vid-19 waves and also praised MP Chirag ved the department since 2014. Chandan Mukhia (21), inspector Vijay Dandwate dow and from there climbed The Kejriwal govern- done, especially the youngs- the work being done in Paswan to The MP’s confidante, who who was employed with the and PSI Dhanesh Satardekar, on the seventh floor and stole ment has announced ters who, he said, would be strengthening the health in- vacate the 12 Janpath bunga- is also a senior functionary in businessman dealing in mar- found that the iron cup- the jewellery. He met his cou- Rs50,000 as financial help to otherwise misguided. frastructure, keeping in low, which was earlier allotted the LJP faction led by Chirag, bles, had been released from board’s lock on the seventh sin and they took a cab to Kur- the family members of a per- Attacking former CMs mind the predicted third wa- to his father late Ram Vilas said the notice to vacate the Arthur Road jail in March floor was broken using a ham- la LTT and boarded a train to son from Delhi dying of Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi, ve. He said the state govern- Paswan. bungalow was served in July when prisons were being de- mer and screwdriver. Chan- Bihar. “There are seven previ- Covid-19. Nitish said before 2005, there ment has spent nearly Though Chirag could not this year. “The issue is being congested in view of the Co- dan was also missing. They ous cases of theft registered Nitish assured that the was no arrangement of me- Rs10,000 crore on people du- be reached for his comments, raised again due to political vid-19 pandemic. Later, he got reached his hometown in against Fulo, while Chandan kin of anyone from of Bihar dicines and doctors at health ring the Covid-19 pandemic. one of his close confidantes reasons. Chiragji has been gi- a job at the complainant’s Darbhanga, but could not was earlier arrested for steal- here said that the directorate, ven four months on his requ- house. trace him as he had dumped ing jewellery worth lakhs which works under the Union est,” he asserted. The other arrested ac- his mobile phone and SIM from his previous employer’s housing and urban affairs mi- Chirag is currently enga- cused are Chandan’s cousin card and got new ones. “After flat in Tardeo. He was sent to nistry, has already been asked ged in a power battle with his Bachchan Mukhia (20) and making enquiries for a few Arthur Road jail, but got bail to spare four months time to uncle and Hajipur MP Pashu- their uncle Fulo Mukhia (40). days, we nabbed one accused. soon after,” added the officer. Chirag . The confidante added pati Kumar Paras, who is the All three are from Gotohitola He spilled the beans on his ac- During the probe, the po- that the Jamui MP had written minister of food processing village in Darbhanga district, complices. Later we arrested lice found that the accused to the authorities concerned industries at the Centre. Bihar. them too,” said a police offi- owned a jeep, two tractors, a to allow him and his family Chirag, who is on his ‘as- The theft took place in the cer. sports bike, two bikes, a Royal members to stay in the bung- hirvad yatra’ in the state, is first week of July when the The accused had kept the Enfield, and three houses in low till the ‘barkhi’ (a ritual critical of CM Nitish Kumar. complainant along with his stolen jewellery in two polyth- Bihar.
SHO suspended
aran SP Santosh Kumar on VIP to receive online Tuesday ordered suspension Sof Doudpur police station SHO Umesh Pandey, for not orders for Phoolan’s keeping the station diary updated and also for detention of a boy in police lock up without making idols, says Sahani any entry in the station diary. TNN Ramashankar
Patna: Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) chief and Bi- har animal husbandry and fisheries resources mini- ster Mukesh Sahani on Tuesday said his party wo- “Any individual can order uld distribute around a statue or pendant of Pho- 50,000 idols of bandit que- olan Devi on the website. en-turned-former MP Pho- We have also asked the wor- olan Devi among Uttar kers to deliver the consign- Pradesh people for free ment at doorstep,” he said. over the next 100 days. Sahani said the UP go- “Five lakh pendants vernment led by CM Yogi and 10 lakh calendars will Adityanath didn’t allow also be distributed among him to attend the statue in- the workers of the party stallation ceremony at and sympathisers of Phoo- Varanasi on July 25. lan Devi. We have laun- “The UP government, ched a website to receive however, cannot stop us online orders for the from spreading the ideolo- same,” the VIP chief said. gy of Phoolan Devi, who fo- He added the consign- ught for women empower- ment would be delivered ment as well as her pride,” through courier for free. he added.