PATNA: A suspected gang war among alleged liquor smugglers in Samastipur district of “dry” Bihar has left three of them dead in the last four days.In the first incident on the night of July 7, liquor smuggler Prabhat Choudhary and his associate, Sunny Kumar, were allegedly lured into a trap and shot dead.Police said Prabhat…
Patna: Four workers sustained injuries after an iron angle attached to a Cantilever Form Traveller (CFT) machine fell on them during construction work at the Bakhtiyarpur–Tajpur four-lane bridge in Samastipur district on Saturday morning. The incident occurred near Matior village under Mohanpur police station area, temporarily halting work at the site.Construction was underway on Pillar…
Patna: A 23-year-old man was found hanging from a bamboo beam inside his house under the Angarghat police station area of Samastipur district on Wednesday morning. The family has alleged that he was murdered over a land dispute and the body was hung to make it appear as suicide. Police have sent the body for…
Patna: A 32-year-old man was allegedly shot dead by unidentified miscreants while he was asleep inside his house at Morwa Deeh village under Musrigharari police station area in Samastipur district early Monday.The deceased, identified as Sujit Kumar Jha alias Monu, son of Pramod Jha, sustained four bullet injuries to the head and one to the…
Kanpur: A driver died after a truck carrying plywood lost control and fell off a bridge on National Highway-19, in Kanpur Dehat, on Sunday morning.On being alerted, police arrived at the location and sent the body for post-mortem.The incident occurred at about 9:30am on Sunday on Sengur river bridge near a Hanuman temple in village…
Sasaram: Rohtas police have uncovered an organised fraud racket that allegedly siphoned off expensive electronic products from e-commerce consignments by replacing them with duplicate or low-value items before delivery to customers.Five persons have been arrested in connection with the racket, and a large cache of electronic gadgets along with the vehicle used in the operation…
Sasaram: A trainee constable who fell ill after suffering a heatstroke during a training exercise at the police lines in Dehri died while undergoing treatment at AIIMS-Patna on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Shri Ram Kumar, a resident of Chandpur village under Patori police station in Samastipur district.The incident occurred on Tuesday during a…
Patna: Frustration is mounting among vehicle owners in Samastipur district over the non-payment of compensation for around 4,000 private vehicles requisitioned during the Bihar assembly elections in 2025. Eight months after the polls, owners claim dues worth nearly Rs5 crore remain unpaid.The District Motor Vyavasayi Sangh has decided to launch a phased agitation, with the…
Patna: Police on Wednesday night arrested one accused in the alleged rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl in Samastipur district. The arrest was made based on the victim’s mother’s statement. The girl’s body was found stuffed in a sack behind the accused’s house on the night of June 2. She had gone missing earlier…
Patna: Three people drowned and four others went missing after a boat carrying 14 passengers capsized in the Ganga river in the Umanath area of Barh in Patna district on Thursday morning. Local boatmen and divers rescued seven people from the river.The deceased were identified as Neelam Kumari, 30, Shravan Mahto, 36, and Kashi Kumar,…
