Jharkhand

Dumka (Jharkhand), Nov 20 (PTI) Four Maoists have been arrested along with arms and ammunition in Dumka district, a senior police officer said Tuesday.

Superintendent of Police, Kishore Kaushal told reporters here that the four Maoists identified as Babujan Hembram (23), Govind Hembram (20), Baburam Tudu (22) and Nelson Hembram (35) were arrested Monday from Saldaha village.

Jamshedpur, Nov 10 (PTI) A 21-year-old man was beaten to death by villagers in West Singhbhum district after he allegedly raped his 9-year-old niece, police said on Saturday.

Taluka Purty, the victim's paternal uncle, raped her in one room of the house on Friday night at Karlajori village under Muffassil police station area.

The girl's grand-mother was in another room when the incident happened, police said.

The villagers reached the spot on hearing the scream of the victim, caught hold of the accused and beat him up.

Jamshedpur, Nov 4 (PTI) An improvised explosive device (IED) was recovered by the security personnel from Thalkobad on the Thalkobad-Baliba road, over 100 kms from here, in the Naxalism-hit West Singhbhum district, a senior police officer said Sunday.

The recovery was made by the personnel attached to the 197 Battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the District Armed Police, who were on long-range patrolling in the Naxalism-affected areas, Superintendent of Police (SP) G Kranthi Kumar said.

Hazaribagh (Jharkhand), Nov 3(PTI) A 16-year-old schoolboy was lynched in in Hazaribagh district allegedly by family members a girl of her class with whom he reportedly had an affair, the police said Saturday.

Family members of the girl, a student of class 10, did not like the affair and allegedly abducted the boy on Friday.

They confined the teenager at a house in Kashiket village under Chouparan police station area and beat him up with lathis, police said.

Hazaribagh, Oct 25 (PTI) Two young unemployed engineers were found hanging at different places in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district, the police said Thursday.

The body of mining engineer Pramod Kumar (24) was found hanging from a branch of tree in Padma area of the district on Wednesday, they said.

According to the complaint filed by Kumars father, Binod Ram, Kumar was missing from his residence at Deochanda village for the last five days.

The police said that Kumar did a course in mining engineering at Dhanbad about two years ago.

Ranchi, Oct 23 (PTI) The Jharkhand High Court has ordered a CBI probe into the Palamau encounter in which 12 alleged Maoists were shot dead by the police on June 8, 2015.

The father of one of the deceased had filed a petition in the court alleging that those killed were not Maoists and the encounter that took place at Bakoria in the state's Palamau district was fake.

Latehar (Jharkhand), Oct 11 (PTI) An ultra of the banned Jharkhand Janmukti Parishad (JJMP) was Thursday arrested after a brief encounter between the security forces and the extremists in the Jarma jungles of Latehar district.

Latehar Superintendent of Police, Prashant Anand said that after getting information that the extremists were present in the forests, CRPF personnel and police surrounded the area.

Both the sides exchanged about 50 rounds, the SP said, adding there was no casualty in the encounter.

Godda (J'khand), Sep 17 (PTI) A Bharatiya Janata Party worker washed party MP Nishikant Dubey's feet and drank the water at a function in Jharkhand's Godda district, triggering an uproar.

The incident came to light when Dubey went to lay the foundation stone of a bridge at Kanbhara village in Godda block -- around 330 km from Ranchi -- on Sunday, with Pawan Kumar Sah washing the feat of the BJP MP on a metal plate and then gulping it.

Pakur, Aug 13; PTI: Seven minor children belonging to the primitive Pahariya tribe have been rescued and a human trafficker arrested in Jharkhand's Pakur district, a senior police officer said today.

Acting on a tip-off, a police team conducted a raid at Amrapara bus stand and rescued the children and arrested the human trafficker while they were about to board a bus to Uttar Pradesh yesterday, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Ashok Kumar Singh said.

Ganashakti, Ranchi, July 5 : At the call of Opposition Parties & Social Organizations against anti-people Amendment  in Land Acquisition Act and subversion of peace and amity   in the state by the ruling party BJP,Jharkhand  Bandh was unprecedented, spontaneous and complete.