Clueless about missing girl

Chaibasa: Police are yet to trace the 17-year-old girl who was kidnapped nearly seven months ago.

Itishri Rajak, a resident of Sonua block of West Singhbhum, was reported missing from home since June 10, last year. She was an insurance agent in a private company at Charkradharpur subdivision. The girl?s sister Satyanama Rajak claimed that Sonua police filed an FIR 10 days after the incident. ?We suspected two youths from our village, Khitiz Pradhan and Shriniwas Rao, of being behind the abduction. The duo contacted my sister over phone and asked her to meet them to discuss some insurance policies. My sister went to meet them at Sonua block. And that was the last time we saw her.?

She added that Pradhan, who owned a drug shop at Sonua, had earlier teased her sister. ?My sister had slapped him once. Pradhan, a father of three, had threatened her,? said Satyanama.

Sonua police had booked cases under various sections of Indian Penal Code. The police also arrested the duo, but Rao got a bail from the Chaibasa district court within a few days. The main accused, Prahan, was sent to Chaibasa jail.

Satyanama suspects that her sister was either sold or murdered. District superintendent of police Navin Kumar said Pradhan has not confessed to his crime. ?Sonua police had earlier booked a case of abduction. But now the police are planning to register a murder case,? Singh said.

On the police?s failure to trace the abducted girl, he said: ?The incident occurred before I took charge of West Singhbhum. The case has now been reopened.?

Bank of India looted

Giridih: Around six armed assailants looted Rs 1.04 lakh from Bank of India?s Chotki Kharagdiha branch under Bengabad police station, about 35 kilometres from the district headquarters.

According to superintendent of police Deepak Verma, no bank employee was injured, but some office equipment were damaged when the robbers fired in air. Sources said the criminals escaped to Madhupur area. Police are yet to nab the culprits.

Freak accident

Bokaro: Kamdeo Mandal, a driver, was crushed to death when his own tractor overturned at Naamarkudar near Izri bridge under Pindrajore police station. The victim was fetching bricks at a near by kiln when the accident occurred. He died instantly.

No nominations

Giridih: No nomination was filed on Tuesday in the six Assembly segments of Giridih district. Sources said several candidates from different political parties are expected to file their nominations on Wednesday. The candidates include Mahendra Singh of CPI-ML, Harihar Narayan Prabhakar of BJP and some independent candidates.

Bail pleas denied

Bokaro: The additional and sessions judge I of Bokaro Mahendra Jha rejected the bail petitions of Jabbar Sah, Narain Thakur and Bheem Sen Datta who are behind bars on charges of tampering with government documents and cheating people.

Coal mines

Bokaro: Central Industrial Security Forces (CISF) personnel with the help of the district police and BCCL officials launched dodging operations at the abandoned coal mines at Govindpur and Agardih to prevent accidents due to illegal mining Sources said the operations were conducted for hours under the supervision of BCCL officers.

Elephant attack

Jamshedpur: An elephant entered Baliguma village on Tuesday night. and destroyed two houses and crops late on Monday night. As news of the elephant attack spread to the neighbouring villages of Turiabera and Gokulnagar, residents kept a night-long vigil. Nobody was reported injured in the attack.

Poll preparations

Hazaribagh: Deputy commissioner Rahul Purwar on Tuesday said the state government has been requested to send twenty thousand security personnel for peaceful elections in the six assembly seats of Hazaribagh. Purwar said so far five companies of the Border Security Force have arrived in the district.

The Parivar Kalyan Sansthan on Tuesday organised health camps on child healthcare at Laxminagar, Premnagar, Football Ground in Jamshedpur. The mela was attended by a large number of people.