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Time of India
21 hours ago
- Time of India
5 held in Koderma gold theft case
Koderma: Five persons were arrested for looting gold from a Bihar resident at Koderma ghati on June 15. Police have also recovered majority of the looted gold, it said on Friday. Deepak Kumar Gupta, a trader from Bihar, was on way back to Chapra from Kolkata in his car, carrying gold worth Rs 80 lakh. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now As he was passing through the Koderma ghati on Ranchi-Patna road, he was ambushed and looted. An FIR was lodged with Koderma police on June 16. SP Anudeep Singh said that four special investigating teams (SIT) were set up under SDPO Anil Kumar Singh, which conducted intensive raids across Jharkhand and Bihar. The breakthrough came near Ratanpur mode in Koderma ghati when police intercepted a suspicious vehicle. "Police arrested four individuals from the car and another key accused, Tinku Kumar was arrested from Narhat village in Nawada," said the SP. Police have recovered 673.7gm of gold worth Rs 70 lakh.
Time of India
21 hours ago
- Time of India
Wife plotted Masaurhi man's murder with paramour: Police
Patna: The murder of 30-year-old Rajesh Chaudhary in Masaurhi was the result of a cold-blooded plot hatched by his wife and her paramour, police have revealed. Rajesh was shot dead in broad daylight outside the Ram Janaki Temple on June 17 and investigations have now led to the arrest of his wife Mamta Devi, her paramour Lucky Kumar, contract killer Nishant Kumar and a minor who acted as a spotter. According to the City SP (east), Parichay Kumar, Mamta had been in a relationship with Lucky for the past four months. The two conspired to eliminate Rajesh and paid Rs 20,000 to Nishant to carry out the murder. A minor boy was also involved, helping the killers identify the victim and monitor the area. "The victim was selling ice from his cart near the temple when the incident took place. CCTV footage captured the chilling precision of the attack," said the SP. On the day of the murder, three men arrived on a motorcycle. While two remained at a distance, one walked up to Rajesh's cart, waited for the crowd to thin out and then shot him at point-blank range before fleeing. Initially, Mamta lodged a complaint blaming others, including Kundan Chaudhary and Anoop Chaudhary. "However, further investigation exposed her involvement in the conspiracy," said the SDPO. The murder weapon has been recovered and all four accused are now in custody.
New Indian Express
a day ago
- New Indian Express
Ex-municipality chairman among five held for extortion of money from truckers
JHARSUGUDA: Lakhanpur police on Wednesday night arrested five persons including former chairman of Brajrajnagar municipality Kishor Agarwal for allegedly extorting money from truck drivers loading coal at Lakhanpur opencast mines. Apart from prime accused Agarwal (65) of Lamtibahal, his associates Stifen Paramanik, Amarendar Singh, Sujit Kerketta and Sashi Dhar Chouhan were arrested under sections 296, 308 (6), and 61 (2) of BNS. The arrests were made on basis of a complaint filed by one Sunny Ram (36), a truck driver of Simdega in Jharkhand, alleging coercion and threats by the accused. Ram filed the complaint on June 18 alleging that the accused demanded Rs 145 per truckload to affix a seal on loading slips, essential for issuing challans. The driver claimed he was transporting coal in his truck when Singh and two of his associates approached him and demanded money. When he refused, they reportedly manhandled him and threatened him with dire consequences. The accused also warned that his truck would be blacklisted if he did not pay. Ram further said the three accused claimed to be operating under Agarwal's instructions and boasted of high-profile connections. Fearing retribution, the driver paid the amount, and a seal marked 'LSS' was placed on his loading slip. Brajrajnagar SDPO Chintamani Pradhan said basing on the complaint, police registered a case and started investigation. Subsequently, the five accused were arrested and produced in court. Sources said around 400 to 500 trucks, each carrying 17 to 18 tonne of coal, are dispatched daily from Lakhanpur opencast mines to various industries like Vedanta, JSW, BPSL and Hindalco. Agarwal, who owns IB Valley transport, allegedly collected Rs 5 per tonne of coal from transporters. He had secured a tender of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) at 99 per cent discount to load 400–500 trucks daily at Lakhanpur mines using his payloaders. The illegal collection of money was going on for years. Contacted, general manager of Lakhanpur Area AK Pandey said they support coal dispatch by rail and oppose transport by trucks. Steps are being taken to stop illegal collection from truck drivers, he added.
Time of India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Day before PM Modi's Bihar visit, gunmen open fire in Patna, no one injured
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel A day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi 's scheduled visit to Bihar , two motorcycle-borne gunmen on Thursday opened fire in a high-security zone in the state's capital Patna , where official residences of several ministers, the leader of opposition and bureaucrats are located, police one was injured in the firing incident, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (Sachiwalay-1) Anu Kumari of the opposition in the Bihar assembly Tejashwi Yadav , criticised the NDA government in Bihar , alleging that the criminals have been "protected" by the administration."Immediately after receiving the information, a team of Airport Police Station personnel reached the spot and found a spent cartridge there. According to eyewitnesses, two motorcycle-borne miscreants fired at a local person, identified as Rahul, and fled the spot. Rahul was unhurt," she firing incident took place early in the day in the Polo Road area, where the official residences of many ministers, Yadav and top bureaucrats are located, the SDPO said. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar 's residence and Governor Arif Mohammed Khan's house are also located close to the Polo Road."A case has been registered, and the matter is being investigated. Search is underway to arrest the miscreants", the SDPO to the incident, Yadav, in a post on X, wrote, "Bullet shots were fired outside my residence today. In the NDA-ruled Bihar, the morale of criminals, protected by the government, is so high that they are roaming freely in the high-security zone. They fired and fled the spot."He also said, "Still, NDA leaders will not call it jungle raj. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is coming to Bihar tomorrow, so the 'godi' media has to maintain a positive image."PM Modi is scheduled to visit Siwan on Friday.
Time of India
6 days ago
- Time of India
Burglars loot gold jewellery worth Rs 11L, Rs 1.5L cash from S'garh home
1 2 3 Rourkela: A group of masked miscreants allegedly looted gold jewellery worth around Rs 11 lakh and Rs 1.5 lakh in cash after tying the hands and legs of a houseowner and his tenants at Kandabahal village in Sundargarh district early on Sunday. Police said seven armed masked miscreants entered the house premises of businessman Pradeep Patel around 2.30 am through the back door, and went to three rooms on the first floor where his three tenants and their family members are staying. The burglars terrorised the tenants by showing knife and looted cash and gold jewellery. After taking one of them hostage, they went to the ground floor and called Patel to open the door. When the door was opened, the masked miscreants barged into the room and kept all of them hostage and looted gold jewellery and cash from there as well. Before leaving the spot, the miscreants damaged the mobile phones of all those in the house. After the miscreants fled, the occupants of the house called for help. Neighbours, hearing their cries, reached the house and freed all of them. After getting information, a special team, including the additional SP, Sundargarh Sadar SDPO and Sadar police station officers, along with a forensic team and dog squad, visited the spot. Police are trying gather information about the burglars by scanning CCTV footage of the locality. Based on a FIR, Sadar police registered a case on Sunday and started investigation. "We are trying to identify the miscreants and catch them," said Nirmal Mohapatra, SDPO (Sadar).
