Patna: Bihar police on Sunday raided offices of over a dozen chitfund companies on the outskirts of state capital and arrested 11 persons from whom Rs 8 lakh was seized. On a tip off about activities of chitfund companies in Bakhtiyarpur, Barh and Mokama areas of rural Patna, a special team was formed which conducted raids in their offices, a release from the office of Senior Superintendent of Police said.
Raids were conducted on offices of 14 chitfund companies majority of which showed their headquarters in Kolkata, it added. The crackdown came in the backdrop of the Saradha Group chit fund scam that has rocked West Bengal and neighbouring states. On the basis of socuments seized, it has come to light that roughly 25,000-30,000 people of these areas have invested their money in these non banking companies, the release said.
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12:57 AM, Apr 29, 2013
On Friday, CNN-IBN and Open Magazine aired an explosive video of CRPF commandos stating that a Bihar Superintendent of Police and his SHO fraudulently claimed gallantry awards for an encounter in which they never took part. Two CRPF commandos, Ramzan and Imtiaz, who braved the bullets to fight the Naxals during the Rohtas encounter in January 2012, said they were sidelined for the awards. ...
10:01 PM, Mar 23, 2013
Downplaying the allegations that police sidelined CRPF personnel by recommending the names of two of its officers for the gallantry awards for an encounter, CRPF Director General Pranay Sahay said the recommendation of Bihar Police officials is a proposal of the state government. ...
02:53 PM, Mar 23, 2013
The CBI on Friday seized 11 cars belonging to BCCI chief and India Cements promoter N Srinivasan. ...
10:12 PM, Mar 22, 2013
The Bihar Police recommended the names of two of its personnel for the President's gallantry medals allegedly for an encounter they did not take part in, a CNN-IBN and Open magazine expose has revealed. The Rohtas Naxal encounter took place in January 2012 and the CRPF has claimed that its officers partook in the operations and that the Bihar police officers reached the site three hours later. They filed a...
06:57 PM, Mar 22, 2013
The Supreme Court has taken suo moto cognizance of police lathicharge on a woman in Tarn Taran and contractual teachers in Bihar. The court has sought explanation by Monday from both the states on the conduct of the police and has directed the Attorney General to assist the matter. ...
12:07 PM, Mar 06, 2013
Leader of Opposition in Bihar, Abdul Bari Siddiqui, has surrendered his security following Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's claim that law and order situation is good in the state. "When everybody is protected in Bihar, what is the need of security for VIPs?" Siddiqui said in a letter to state police chief Abhyanand on Wednesday. ...
04:53 PM, Feb 21, 2013
Patna: Bihar Police has removed the posters containing Amitabh Bachchan's pictures today after megastar has threatened to take legal action against them saying the photograph has been used without his consent. The posters were part of an educational program 'Adhaura 30' and was being used to educate the youths in the Naxal-affected district and wean them away from the Maoists's influence. "Just read news about my photograph being used by...
03:48 PM, Nov 11, 2012
Mumbai, Nov 11: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is upset after coming to know that the Bihar Police have used his pictures without his consent in their campaign against the Maoists. He says he may take legal action against them. "Bihar Police uses my photograph for the recruitment of forces in their fight against the Maoists... this is illegal and wrong and defamatory... they cannot do this without my permission or that...
01:38 PM, Nov 11, 2012
Patna: Escalating its agitation for pay raise and other demands, the Bihar Policemen's Association (BPA) on Sunday launched a signature campaign for over 65,000 constables to go on five days' mass leave on October 10. The BPA is demanding grade pay of Rs 2,000 at par with other states, appointment of a 'havaldar' (constable) over every four constables and an assistant sub-inspector over 12 constables. "We are providing forms to...
07:03 PM, Oct 07, 2012
Gaya: Over 65,000 Bihar Police constables have threatened to go on five days mass leave from October 10 after talks between the state government and the policemen's association failed, an official said on Saturday. After negotiations with officials of the state administration failed, the policemen would go on leave from October 10 to 14, Bihar Policemen's Association president Jitendra Kumar Singh said. "We have no option but to protest," he...
01:27 AM, Oct 07, 2012
New Delhi: If Bihar Police has its way, it will be a better idea to focus on registering cases against protesters in law and order situations rather than trying to prevent them from indulging in vandalism. This strategy was outlined by none other than Director General of Bihar Police Abhay Anand at the annual conference of Directors General and Inspectors General of Police forces held here late last night, officials...
06:27 PM, Sep 09, 2012
Arrah: Bihar Police on Monday filed a chargesheet against six people in the killing of Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh in a court in Bihar's Bhojpur district. The chargesheet was filed in the Chief Judicial Magistrate PK Ojha's court against the accused, one of whom is absconding. Hareram Pandey, Yogendra Pandey, Monu Pandey, Sunny Singh and Anil Pandey were either in jail or in custody, while Abhay Pandey was absconding....
04:07 PM, Aug 27, 2012
New Delhi: The fourth suspect in the Patna gangrape and MMS case was arrested on Friday, after he showed up at a local news channel's office. The total number of arrests in the case is now 4. Three of the five accused were arrested over the past two days, with one being arrested from Shimla, another from Punjab and the third from Chapra in Bihar. One of the accused is...
09:15 AM, Jul 28, 2012
Karimganj: The body of Pritam Bhattacharjee, a PHD scholar from Karimganj missing since July 9, has been found in a badly mutilated condition in Bihar, police said in Karimganj on Monday. The body of the 25-year-old was found late on Sunday night near the railway track at Bhagalpur with Bihar Police saying the assailants killed Pritam and dumped his body. The scholar, who had boarded the Assam-Avadh Express from Guwahati...
04:12 PM, Jul 16, 2012
Patna: Two persons were on Thursday arrested in connection with the murder of Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh alias Mukhiyaji. Sunny Singh was arrested by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) from a locality in Patna while Ritesh alias Monu was taken into custody from Bistupur locality in Jamshedpur, Additional Director General of Police (Headquarters) Ravindra Kumar said. The accused duo were taken to Arrah in Bhojpur district where they were...
09:26 PM, Jun 07, 2012
Patna: Fearing a revenge attack by supporters of slain Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh 'Mukhiya', a fresh alert has been sounded in Bihar's Magadh region, police said on Thursday. The state government has issued an alert to police chiefs of Patna, Jehanabad, Arwal, Aurangabad, Nawada and Gaya districts, fearing a backlash from the supporters of Brahmeshwar Singh, who was shot dead by unidentified men June 1. Brahmeshwar Singh, popularly called...
04:32 PM, Jun 07, 2012
Kaimur: Some young Naxal cadres, who till very recently, were part of the armed movement, are now training with the state police force in Bihar. This has happened because of an initiative called Naxal Super 30, launched by the Kaimur district police. A total of 30 tribal youths are now a part of the training exercise. "We would have become Naxals had we not been shown a road ahead. If...
08:41 AM, Apr 30, 2012
Jamui: Maoists on Wednesday night triggered a blast at a railway track and set afire two mobile phone towers and a tractor in Bihar's Jamui district, police said. A group of heavily armed Maoists triggered blast at the railway track near Narganju rail station, they said. Train services were disrupted due to the incident, police said. In Sanowar area, the rebels set afire two mobile phone towers and a tractor,...
02:19 AM, Mar 22, 2012
Dehri-on-sone: The Bihar Police has lodged an FIR against 60 unknown policemen for allegedly ransacking shops and assaulting traders in a market in Dehri-on-sone. After a scuffle with a constable in the market area, a posse of policemen from local police line rushed to the market and ransacked some shops on Tuesday evening. According to Rohtas Superintendent of Police, the policemen also assaulted some businessmen on Tuesday evening. He further...
06:19 PM, Feb 29, 2012
