Chaibasa (Jharkhand), July 19 (IANS) A scrap dealer was allegedly murdered and his body tied to a stone before it was dumped into the Karo River in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, police officials said on Sunday.The incident came to light after the body was recovered from the river, triggering concern in the area. According to police, local residents spotted a body floating in the Karo River on Sunday. On closer inspection, they found that the body had been tied to a large stone, apparently…
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Ranchi, July 19 (IANS) Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda has written to Chief Minister Hemant Soren, demanding a fair and time-bound probe into the alleged death of a tribal woman, Budhan Purti, due to medical negligence in Khunti district.He said that if the woman died after she was transfused with the wrong blood group, it would be an extremely serious lapse warranting strict action against those responsible. In his letter, Arjun Munda said the incident at the Birsa Institute of Medi…
Chaibasa (Jharkhand), June 28 (IANS) A man allegedly hacked his pregnant sister-in-law and her eight-year-old daughter with an axe in Chaibasa area of Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district on Sunday, police said, adding that the accused has been arrested. The double murder in Maria Sai Tola in the Manjhari police station area of Chaibasa has sent shockwaves throughout the area.Police said the weapon used in the crime was recovered shortly after the incident.The deceased have been identified as Nan…
Chaibasa, May 22 (IANS) In a major crackdown against narcotics trafficking in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum (Chaibasa) district, police have busted a large opium smuggling network. Three smugglers were caught red-handed during a raid conducted in Rogod Village under the Tebo police station area.During the operation, police recovered 20 kg of illegal opium poppy husk, two motorcycles used in trafficking, and cash worth Rs 7 lakh from the accused.Tebo police station incharge Sushil Kumar Marandi said…
Ranchi, May 21 (IANS) Security forces got major success in Jharkhand on Thursday as they secured the surrender of 27 Maoists, marking the largest such collective surrender in the state’s history.The group included 25 Maoists active in the Saranda and Kolhan regions of the state in West Singhbhum district, along with two extremists from the banned Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad (JJMP). They laid down arms at the police headquarters in Ranchi in the presence of Director General of Police (DGP) Tadas…
Chaibasa (Jharkhand), May 20 (IANS) A 55-year-old woman was allegedly murdered on suspicion of practising witchcraft in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, officials said on Wednesday, adding that one accused has been arrested and a hunt for others has been launched.The incident occurred in Bundukocha forest village under Sonua police station limits. The deceased has been identified as Chandu Purti, a resident of Baibera village.According to police, she was brutally killed by slitting her throa…
Chaibasa (Jharkhand), April 29 (IANS) An encounter has broken out between Maoists and security forces in the forest areas of Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district on Wednesday morning, officials said. The exchange of fire took place in the Tonto police station area when personnel of the CoBRA 209 Battalion were out on a patrol inside the dense forests of Rutughutu.According to information, security forces have been conducting an intensive search operation for the past two days in the Boroi and T…
Chaibasa (Jharkhand), April 27 (IANS) In a gruesome incident that has sent shockwaves through Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, a 65-year-old woman was brutally beaten to death by her brother-in-law just days after he was released from prison for being convicted of murdering his wife and serving imprisonment, in Kasia village under the Tantnagar OP area of Manjhari police station.The deceased, identified as Parvati Bhumij, was initially believed to have died of natural causes when her body …
Chaibasa/Ranchi, April 6 (IANS) A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan was critically injured on Monday after he stepped on an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during an anti-Naxal operation in the dense Saranda forest of Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, officials said. The incident occurred amid an ongoing search operation being carried out by security forces to flush out Maoist cadres hiding in the forest in Chaibasa. The jawan reportedly stepped on a pressure-activated IED planted…
Chaibasa (Jharkhand), March 3 (IANS) An officer of the excise department was injured after a mob attacked the team during a raid in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, officials said on Tuesday.The excise department team had gone to raid an illicit liquor manufacturing unit in the area when the attack took place.The incident occurred in Argundi village along the Chaibasa-Chakradharpur road, where the department had received specific information about illegal liquor being produced in a house.Ac…