Life term for murder

Motihari: A local court on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to Raju Mian and Mohammad Israel for the murder of three members of a family and sexually exploiting a girl. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 75,000 on each convicts.

Mohammad Shamim and his associates killed Rajiv Singh, his wife Khushboo and son Amandeep at their Motihari residence in 2012, and Shamim later assaulted Rajiv's daughter and engaged her in fresh trade.

Society jab

Patna: Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar on Wednesday claimed two of Lalu Prasad's confidants - Jayaprakash Narayan Yadav and Bhola Yadav - had grabbed important posts in the MLA housing cooperative society to hide irregularities in land allocation.

Tax-free plea

Patna: Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) secretary Aditya Verma has shot a letter to chief minister Nitish Kumar requesting him to declare Sachin Tendulkar's biopic - Sachin: A Billion Dreams - tax free in the state.

CM silence

Patna: BJP leader Mangal Pandey on Wednesday said the people were looking at chief minister Nitish Kumar for his silence on the corruption charges levelled against the RJD first family.

Camps

Patna: Students have been invited to a summer camp organised by Bihar Pradeshik Agrawal Sammelan at Agrasen Bhavan till May 28. A summer camp by TEFL Play School, Patna, also concluded on Wednesday.

Rail visit

Patna: Pradeep Kumar, member staff, Railway Board, and ex-officio secretary to the Government of India, on Wednesday reached the ECR headquarters in Hajipur after inspecting the Katihar-Hajipur railway line.

Injured

Patna: Mohammed Danish Iqbal suffered gunshot injuries to his thigh after a brawl over land dispute at Patliputra Colony on Wednesday.

Probe status

Patna: Additional director, CBI, Rakesh Ashthana on Wednesday held a meeting with officials of the Patna branch to review pending cases. He directed the investigating officials to accelerate the pace of probe and file chargesheets within the stipulated period.