Firing strike

Patna: Shops remained closed and vehicles were off the roads in Akbarpur on Thursday during a nine-hour bandh call given by the NDA. Supporters of the BJP and LJP demanded Rs 10 lakh each as compensation for the families of Tuesday’s police-firing victims.

Techie arrest

Gaya: Raj Kishore Jha, a government engineer posted in Hazaribagh was arrested on Thursday for allegedly molesting a software engineer on a bus to the Jharkhand town, Gaya SSP Nishant Kumar Tiwary said.

Eviction off

Patna: The high court on Thursday quashed the notice the building construction department had sent to BJP MLC Lalbabu Prasad to vacate his bungalow at 9 South Bailey Road. The department had allotted the bungalow to the Bahadurganj Congress MLA.