Patna: A railway official was beaten to death on a train in Bihar by a group of people who thought he was a thief, police said on Wednesday.
The ghastly incident took place in Lakhisarai district on Tuesday.
Virendra Kumar Tyagi was first thrashed by dozens of passengers at the Patna railway station but he survived, Government Railway Police inspector Rajendra Paswan said.
As he boarded the Danapur-Bhagalpur Inter-City Express, some passengers again attacked him, killing Tyagi. The officer was not on duty and was not in uniform either....
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06:02 PM, Sep 04, 2010
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10:41 AM, Sep 03, 2010
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09:52 AM, Sep 03, 2010
Patna: The standoff between Maoists and the police in Bihar over the kidnapping of four policemen in Lakhisarai district of the state by the rebels continues. The deadline set by the Maoists for the release of the policemen in lieu of eight of their jailed comrades expired at 10 am Thursday morning. They are also demanding that Operation Green Hunt be called off. The Maoists had earlier set the deadline...
11:18 AM, Sep 02, 2010
New Delhi: The Bihar hostage crisis doesn't seem to be ending anytime soon as the Maoists have set a new deadline of 10 am on Thursday. Union Home Minister P Chidambaram has earlier passed the buck on the issue of four Bihar policemen kidnapped by Naxals saying it is for Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to take a call on the hostage situation. "This is for the state Chief Minister...
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