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News in Brief

Money racket busted Workers killed Blood camp Dismissal Contempt Flesh trade Imprisonment Martyr tributes Coin flow

The Telegraph Online Published 24.04.14, 12:00 AM

Money racket busted

Gaya: Fake currency with a face value of Rs 53,000 was recovered and two persons — Prakash Mandal and Rajesh Kumar — were arrested from the Gaya railway station premises. aya city superintendent of police Chandan Kushwaha and the city deputy superintendent of police, Alok Kumar Singh, said they recovered two cellphones and a PAN card.

Workers killed

Bhagalpur (PTI): Four labourers were killed when the chimney of an under-construction brick kiln collapsed and fell on them at English Chechraun on Wednesday. The labourers hailed from Malda district in Bengal.

Blood camp

Patna: The Patna circle of SBI Officers’ Association organised a blood donation camp on Wednesday (in picture by Jai Prakash). The association, in a statement, claimed that more than 250 units of blood were donated at the camp.

Dismissal

Patna: A single bench of Justice V.N. Sinha of the high court dismissed without trial an election petition against MLC Awdhesh Narayan Singh.

Contempt

Patna: A single bench of the high court on Wednesday initiated contempt proceeding against the Motihari superintendent of police, rejecting his showcause for deliberately disobeying the court’s order to assign table work to the petitioner, constable Suman Kumar Thakur, , because he had suffered an injury in the leg in an encounter with criminals.

Flesh trade

Patna: Four persons, including two women, were found in a compromising position during a police raid at a place in the New Market area.

Imprisonment

Patna: A fast track court on Wednesday awarded two years of rigorous imprisonment to Atendra Thakur in a case of attempt to rape.

Martyr tributes

Patna: Tributes were paid to freedom fighter Veer Kuer Singh on Wednesday to mark the anniversary of his ictory over British force on April 23, 1858. programme in this regard was organised by Sir Ganesh Dutt Vichar Manch in which members of the organisation paid homage to the freedom fighter.

Coin flow

Patna: The Government of India has minted Rs 5 coins to commemorate the occasion of Acharya Tulsi birth centenary. Sources in the Reserve Bank of India said on Wednesday the financial institution would soon put the coins into circulation.
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