3 of family hacked to death in Potka
Jamshedpur: In a shocking incident, three members of a family were hacked to death at Basila village under Potka police station area in the wee hours of Monday. The victims were identified as Nimai Hansda (65), wife Beli Hansda (60) and Nimai’s mother Sonia Hansda (95). The assailants, who suspected to be from a neighbouring village had also attacked Nimai’s 22-year-old nephew Makhan Hansda, but spared him after tying his hands and legs with a rope.
Makhan was rescued by the villagers and rushed him to the UCIl (Uranium Corporation of India limited) Hospital at Jadugora where he is undergoing treatment. Soon after the incident sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) Bachandev Kujur inspected the site. Police suspect that the murders took place due to superstitious belief among a section of villagers.
Sudarshan concerned over 2 rail projects in state
Daltonganj: Union State Rural Development Minister Sudarshan Bhagat has expressed concern over two rail projects in Jharkhand. One is lohardagga Tori rail link and the other is lohardagga Korwa via Jaspur rail link. Bhagat who was on a two-day whirlwind tour of Palamu and Garhwa, to highlight a year’s progress under PM Modi’s rule said on Monday that lohardagga Tori rail link would be completed by next year March but conceded that this rail project has faced many hindrances from forces hostile to development.
As regards lohardagga Korwa via Jaspur rail link he said ‘ I have been pressing for this since long and it was in the year 1960 - 62 that the Indian railways had conducted the survey but it continues to hang fire’. The Union State Development Minister was apprised of the apathy of the General Manager Electricity department here who has kept his official cell phone number in a ‘forward’ mode and does not take call of the people.
Former Speaker seeks help in forgery cases
Daltonganj: The former Speaker of the Jharkhand Assembly Inder Singh Namdhari has taken up the cudgel for the duped and the cheated people here in Palamu. Namdhari has shot-off a letter to DGP D K Pandey urging him to help save un-suspecting people who become a prey to cheat calls on their cell phones. Namdhari has sent a copy of his letter to the SP Palamu. The Pioneer has accessed Namdhari’s letter. The former Speaker has written that cheat calls come in which the called person is informed of winning jack pot for which the called person is asked to deposit preliminary amount worth thousand of rupees for gift hamper to reach the called person.
Namdhari has cited one case related to Devender Kumar of village Ratnag under Vishrampur police station who was informed of a jack pot and this dalit suspecting no foul play deposited 84,000 rupees in three different accounts whose number was given by the caller to him. Thereafter Devender‘s fate stands sealed. The accounts were in names of Rajesh Kumar Turi, Rakesh Kumar and Sudheer Kumar in which Devender deposited 84,000 rupees in eight installments.