Jail term for Gaya con man
Patna, Dec. 22: Special CBI judge Manoj Kumar Singh today sentenced Rajesh Kumar, a Gaya resident, to three years' rigorous imprisonment in a forgery case.
The accused cheated various banks through refunds of Rs 1.03 lakh against railway travellers' cheques by furnishing false indemnity between 1983 and 1985. CBI lodged an FIR against him in 1988.
Heat on cop
Sasaram: Deputy inspector-general (Shahabad range) Mohammad Rahman has ordered the suspension of Amjhour police station house officer Bhagwan Ram for lapse in a 2015 Assembly poll-violence case in Rohtas district. Earlier, Patna zone inspector-general N.H. Khan had recommended departmental proceedings against additional superintendent of police Ashok Kumar Prasad in the same case.
Clean chit
Patna: The police on Thursday gave a clean chit to the vice-principal and a teacher of St Xavier's High School in an alleged case of sexual harassment of a Class VIII girl student in August.
Bail order
Patna: The high court single judge bench of Justice Hemant Kumar Srivastava on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to former AIIMS-Patna director Dr G.K. Singh, who is accused of misbehaving with a former senior resident of the AIIMS-Patna's pharmacology department.
Ignou 2107
Patna: The submission date for the application forms to Ignou's January 2017 session has been extended till December 30, said a varsity press release on Thursday.
Account seal
Gaya: Income-tax officials sealed five accounts operating under the Jan Dhan Yojana at Bank of India's Hisua branch in Nawada district. I-T officials verified six bank accounts on Tuesday and found more than Rs 2.5 lakh.
Cashless
Darbhanga: Students of Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University will teach residents of the benefits of a cashless economy on visits to the market.
Arrest
Motihari: Four gang members, who would dupe people by promising to double their money, were nabbed by Dumariyaghat police on Thursday. All the accused belong to Kotwa village and were wanted in several cases of cheating, said station house officer of Dumariyaghat, Shambhu Prasad.
Beautification
Munger: Three parks located in Munger town - ShriKrishna Vatika park, Nand Kumar Park and ShriKrishna Seva Sadan park - have been selected for beautification with an estimated cost of Rs 1.50 crore under "Atal Mission For Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation", a flagship programme of the Union government.
Gangsters nabbed
Saharsa: Police arrested gang member Kaushal Yadav, and his two associates, during a raid at their hideouts in Saharsa district. Police recovered a carbine, a country-made pistol and 10 live cartridges from them on Thursday. Saharsa sub-divisional police officer S.K. Biswas said that Kaushal was wanted in over two dozen cases of loot, dacoity and kidnapping in Saharsa and its adjoining districts.
Grain hoard
Samastipur: Police seized over 3000 bags of rice and wheat from the go-down of JDU leader Jivachh Mahto and arrested eight persons from there on Thursday. The foodgrains, meant to be distributed among those living below the poverty line, were stored in the go-down illegally.
Protest
Patna: Bihar Secretariat Service Association on Thursday protested the constitution of the state pay commission and demanded its withdrawal by January 10, or else the employees would be forced to launch an agitation. The government's move has caused much dissatisfaction among 4.5 lakh state employees and 3.5 lakh pensioners.
Cricket
Patna: A cricket academy was inaugurated at Bishop Scott Boys School complete with cricketing facilities like a concrete pitch. The academy was inaugurated in presence of Mrityunjoy Tiwari, Joint secretary, Bihar Cricket Association and former first class cricketer and selector Saurav Chakravorty.
Health camp
Patna: Central bank of India on Thursday celebrated its 106th foundation day. A free health check-up camp was organised by the bank on the occasion, and was attended by bank staffs and customers.
Baseball
Patna: A training camp for sub-junior baseball players will be held on December 24 for both boys and girls. The camp is being organised for state's teams' preparation for sub-junior national championship to be held in Cuttack from January 7-11, 2017.
