Headless torsos found

Begusarai, Sept. 19: Four beheaded bodies, including those of a woman and two minor girls, were recovered today from a ditch next to Sanha railway crossing on the Begusarai-Barauni railway section of East Central Railway. Their identities are yet to be ascertained.

The station house officer of Sahebpur Kamal police station, Rajesh Kumar, said some women spotted the bodies while collecting fodder in the area. Police rushed to the spot and sent the bodies to the sadar hospital for post-mortem.

Land plea

Patna: Jai Prabha Aspatal Bachao Sangarsh Morcha on Monday wrote a letter to chief minister Nitish Kumar urging him to intervene in the matter of taking back land given to Medanta for building a superspeciality hospital.

Demands

Patna: All India Democratic Youth Organisation on Monday staged a demonstration to press their charter of demands, which includes issuing below poverty line and ration cards, pension for elders and widows and arranging safe drinking water for residents of Lohanipur locality.

Uri salute

Patna: Aam Aadmi Party members on Monday took out a candle march from the Gandhi statue on Gandhi Maidan to Kargil Chowk for soldiers killed in the Uri attack. Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad took out another march from BN College to Kargil Chowk.

RBI talk

Patna: The Reserve Bank of India organised a financial literacy programme for IIM-Bodhgaya students on Monday.

Vaccine app

Patna: District magistrate Sanjay Kumar Agrawal on Monday inaugurated a programme to strengthen the vaccination system through implementation of electronic vaccine intelligence network model that digitises vaccine stocks through a smartphone app.

Bike thieves held

Munger: Police on Monday held two members of a bike-lifters' gang - Vikram Tanti (20) and Tinku Paswan (18), both residents of Sitakund village under Muffasil police station - in connection with bikes stolen from Munger town. Superintendent of police Aashish Bharati said a stolen motorcycle was found in the duo's possession. The police are looking for five more gang members.

Arrest

Munger: Police on Monday nabbed two members of Bihari Mandal's gang and recovered a country-made pistol, four live cartridges and a motorcycle from them.

BJP jab

Patna: BJP spokesperson Sanjay Singh Tiger on Monday said the JDU should realise the reality instead of criticising senior party leader Sushil Kumar Modi on whimsical grounds. Singh said only when noted lawyer Prashant Bhushan moved the Supreme Court seeking cancellation of the bail granted to Mohammad Shahabuddin did the government wake to file a separate petition.

Challenge

Patna: The BJP on Monday challenged the JDU to file a defamation suit against Sushil Kumar Modi. The senior leader had earlier alleged that Nitish Kumar wanted to make Shahabuddin's wife Hena Shahab a member of the party but could not do so because of stiff opposition from the BJP, its then ally in government.

Workshop

Patna: The Bihar State Pollution Control Board on Monday organised a workshop on "Noise Pollution Control". Development commissioner Shishir Sinha inaugurated the workshop.

Dussehra

Patna: Divisional commissioner, Patna, Anand Kishor on Monday held a review meeting for the Dussehra Mahotsava at Gandhi Maidan. Among the decisions taken, the cultural programme planned for October 11 has been cancelled because of the Ravan Vadh celebrations.

Bribe cuffs

Muzaffarpur: Vigilance sleuths on Monday caught police officer Arunnanjay Kumar, posted at Kazimohammadpur police station, taking a bribe.