Assault arrests

Patna: Wakil Choudhary and Munna Choudhary were arrested on Sunday for allegedly outraging the modesty of a 16-year-old girl and assaulting her brother at Raghunathpur village under Nokha police station in Rohtas district on Saturday night. The duo’s accomplices, Kallu Kumar and Hare Krishna Kumar, are absconding. n Madhepura district, one Ajay Kumar Chauhan was arrested on Sunday for killing an infant girl after a futile rape bid on her mother at Champa Nagar Giddha village under Singheshwar police station on Saturday night. Police have launched raids to apprehend Ajay’s accomplice, Mukesh Chauhan, who is absconding after the incident.

Rebel bandh

Bhagalpur: Regular activities in Jamui, Munger, Lakhisarai and Banka were thrown out of gear for the second day on Sunday because of a 48-hour bandh called by the Naxalites. In Motihari, a pick-up van was torched.

Arms seizure

Gopalganj: A Special Task Force team on Sunday recovered carbines, pistols, a revolver and live cartridges in a raid. Sonu Kumar Mishra, Sinu Kumar Mishra, Raushan Kishore Mishra, Aftab, Ajay Kumar, Sanju Kumar and Anup Kumar Pandey were arrested.