Giriraj files petition at Jharkhand High Court
Ranchi: BJP leader Giriraj Singh has filed an application at the Jharkhand High Court, seeking cancellation of the warrant of arrest issued against him from a Bokaro court. An FIR was lodged against Giriraj for giving inflammatory speech at different locations. Giriraj succeeded in securing anticipatory bail from two places, but the Bokaro court declined his petition, following which Giriraj filed a petition in the Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday.
COPS seizE OVER 1,500 tonnes of illegal coal
Bermo/ Giridih: More than 1,500 tonnes of illegal have been seized by the Bokaro Thermal police here on Wednesday afternoon. Bokaro Thermal police headed by officer-in charge laxami Kant and other officers conducted raids in Armo village to curb illegal coal. It is suspected that coal smugglers had already got wind of the Wednesday afternoon raid as the road to Naxal-infested Armo village was strewn with nails. Nearly 1,500 tonnes of illegal was stocked near Nadidhara areas were seized in the village. However, the coal smugglers managed to flee. Ten to 20 trucks laden with coal smuggled everyday from the locality. The operation was conducted following the directive of Bokaro DIG laxam Singh. Illegal coal mining has been going unchecked and it has claimed lives of more than 50 labourers in the past.