Team probes IPS assault charges

Patna: A four-member team visited Kaimur on Thursday to probe the charges of sexual exploitation against IPS officer Pushkar Anand.

The probe team, headed by inspector-general Anupama Nilekar, recorded the statements of security guards and the driver of Anand, the former Kaimur superintendent of police (SP). The members of the team comprising Rajesh Kumar, Harpreet Kaur (both SPs) and Seema Kumari, a representative of an NGO, recorded the statement Pintu Kumar, the bodyguard of former Babhua sub-divisional police officer Nirmala Kumari, who is complainant in the case against then Kaimur SP Anand.

A member of the team said they would submit the report to director-general of police P.K. Thakur next week.

Protest march

Patna: Members of Jankalyan Parishad, an NGO, on Thursday took out a protest march to raise the issues of encroachment and traffic snarls in Patna. The participants demanded that the district administration and police take immediate steps to address the twin problems, a parishad press note said.

Library upgrade

Patna: Bihar Hindi Sahitya Sammelan has urged the state government to take steps for reviving the Sahalichak Library at Maner.

Computer study

Patna: BJP MLA Usha Vidyarthi inaugurated a computer-training centre in the city on Thursday.

Land course

Patna: Revenue and land reforms minister Narendra Narayan Yadav inaugurated the eight batch of the training programme on Bihar Land Reforms Acts, Rules and Circulars, on Thursday.

Funds dip salvo

Patna: Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Nand Kishore Yadav on Thursday questioned the ground on which the state government was attacking the Centre and claiming it had reduced funds for Indira Awaas Yojana.

Neglect jab

Patna: Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party on Thursday accused the Bihar government of not utilising funds meant for the welfare of the fishermen community.

Application date

Patna: The last date for applying to Delhi-based International Institute of Health Management Research for its postgraduate diploma programme in hospital and health management is July 5.

Gold looted

Motihari: A Calcutta-based gold merchant, B.P. Mandal, was robbed off around 2kg gold at Bapudham Motihari railway station on Thursday evening.

Rally

Patna: Sardar Patel Rashtriya Ekta Parishad would organise a rally in Patna on February 12 to raise issues concerning people of the Kurmi caste.