Nawada, July 24: Dr Ram Chandra Verma was allegedly kidnapped for ransom from Mirzapur locality late yesterday night. he victim’s brother, Dharmendra Prasad, lodged an FIR with the Town police station on Thursday. Earlier, a poster was pasted at his clinic demanding Rs 5 lakh as extortion money. Sub-divisional police officer Sanjay Kumar Pandey said raids were on to rescue the victim. Gopalganj: A police team from Calcutta led by sub-inspector Som Nath arrived on Thursday and inspected the Canara branch after Rs 1.6 crore was withdrawn for building a medical college in Bengal. The account was opened in the name of KPS Medical College. Patna: The vigilance investigation bureau on Thursday filed chargesheet against the former station house officer of Akabarpur police station in Nawada, Chandan Kumar, in connection with a bribery case. In a separate incident, the bureau filed chargesheet against the former block development officer of Tarari block in Bhojpur, Mithilesh Kumar, in connection with graft. Patna: A lower court on Thursday directed one Vishal Kumar, husband of Babli Kumari, to pay compensation of Rs 1 lakh for inflicting physical and mental torture in a domestic violence case. Patna: R. Lakshmanan, the additional secretary of general administration department, was on Thursday given additional charge of additional chief electoral officer of the state. Sasaram: A quintal of marijuana was seized from an abandoned SUV near Amath in Rohtas district on Thursday. The seized vehicle’s number plate belonged to Haryana. In another raid, one Jehangir Khan, a resident of Aurangabad, was arrested for his involvement in robbery of Rs 3 lakh from a businessman of Uttar Pradesh. Gaya: Two Maoists — Suresh Prasad and Suraj Aru — were arrested from Karmain village in Gaya district on Wednesday night.
Tuesday, 10 February 2026
