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The City Diary 02-10-2008

Another held for bank draft fraud Late-night locals Death Boy run over Road mishap

The Telegraph Online Published 02.10.08, 12:00 AM

Another held for bank draft fraud

The city detective department arrested Manoj Kumar from Patna on Wednesday for his alleged involvement in a racket that had duped a nationalised bank of several crores by forging drafts. Last week sleuths nabbed Tinku Kumar, who masterminded the racket from his Patna home. Manoj’s name had come up during Tinku’s interrogation. The police are yet to find out how the gang prepared the drafts and forged signatures of bank officials. Manoj was sent to transit remand by a Patna court and will be brought to the city on Thursday.

Late-night locals

Eastern Railway will run special late-night local trains in the Howrah and Sealdah divisions during Puja to cater to the rush of passengers. Two pairs of trains each will run in the Bandel-Howrah and Howrah-Burdwan division and one train between Tarakeswar and Seoraphuli on October 6, 7, 8 and 9. In Sealdah division, one pair of trains each will run between Sealdah and Ranaghat, Sealdah and Bangaon, Sealdah and Dankuni, Ranaghat and Krishnanagar, Sealdah and Naihati, Dum Dum and Naihati and Naihati and Budge Budge on October 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9.

Death

Father Adrien Wavreil, 80, a former headmaster of St Xaviers Collegiate School and St Lawrence School, died in Durgapur on Wednesday. The funeral mass will be held at St Xaviers College Chapel at 2pm on Thursday. He will be buried at Dhyan Ashram in Konchowki.

Boy run over

An unidentified eight-year-old boy died on Wednesday after being run over by a train at Nischinda in the Bali police station area. Police said the boy was running on the railway tracks trying to catch a kite and didn’t notice the train approaching from behind.

Road mishap

Salman Mazid, 15, was seriously injured on Wednesday morning after he fell from a speeding bus near the Hastings crossing. He was admitted to SSKM Hospital. Police are trying to track the bus driver and the rogue vehicle.
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