Father-in-law's hands chopped off in Rohtas District

"The hands of Radheyshyam Singh, a resident of Bhanas village under Dinara block in Rohtas district, were chopped off by his daughters-in-law after he attempted to molest  them," Deputy Superintendent of Police Krishna Kumar Singh said.

The daughters-in-law told the police that they were fed up with repeated attempts by Radheyshyam Singh to sexually molest them.

Two days ago, Radheyshyam Singh tried to molest one of his daughters-in-law as she was busy cutting vegetables.

The woman raised an alarm, and the other daughter-in-law rushed to intervene, and also told the man to keep off.

 Radheyshyam then tried to molest the other daughter-in-law, police said.

"They overpowered him and chopped off both his hands with a sharp weapon (cleaver)," police said.

Radheyshyam Singh was admitted to hospital in Varanasi after initial treatment in Rohtas, police said. Police have lodged a case in this connection on the basis of the statement of the daughters-in-law.

Minor refuses to clean toilets, beaten

11-year-old girl was beaten by her teacher after she refused to clean the toilets of her school in Rohtas district of Bihar, police said Monday. Chita, a Class 6 student of a government school at Huka in Rohtas, about 150 km from here, was beaten by her lady teacher Saturday.

“Chita told me and her mother that the headmaster and a teacher ordered her along with two other students to clean the toilets but when she refused citing her bad health, she was beaten with a stick by the teacher,” her father Sunil Kumar said.

“Frightened Chita fell ill after being beaten for no fault. She was admitted to a local health centre for treatment,” he said.

“After I lodged a complaint and demanded action against the school teacher, the education officer assured me of action,” Kumar added.

School headmaster Surajdeo Singh said that in the absence of a sweeper in the school, the responsibility to clean the school toilets was shared by students. Singh, however, denied that Chita was beaten after she refused to clean the toilets.

“I will take action against the teacher if she was found guilty,” Singh said.

Deputy village body head Nand Kumar also expressed his unhappiness and demanded action against the teacher. “It was a serious matter, action should be taken by authorities,” he said.link

BSF jawans who fought Naxals in run up to LS polls awarded

BSF jawans who successfully thwarted a Naxal attack in the run up to the Lok Sabha polls in Bihar's Rohtas district were today awarded at a glittering investiture ceremony.

A contingent of the force came under heavy gunfire, including rocket launchers, when it was patrolling the jungles of the district on April 14, two days before the first phase of the elections. The troops also retaliated and thwarted the attempts of the Naxalites.

During the annual ceremony, the troops (35 in number) were presented with a memento and a trophy. Director General of BSF M L Kumawat and chief guest at the function, Manipur Governor Gurbachan Jagat, lauded the role of the men and said it is because of such efforts that the Indian democracy is still vibrant.

"The boys fought fiercely with the Naxals and thwarted their attempt with a heavy hand. They deserve a special mention and recognition," Kumawat said while addressing the gathering which was attended by chiefs of other central paramilitary forces.

During the ceremony, 10 personnel of the force were decorated with Police Medals for gallantry for"displaying exemplary courage in the face of adversity" while 42 other jawans and officers were awarded with medals for distinguished and meritorious services.link

Maoist arrested with a huge cache of arms in Bihar

A Maoist was arrested today and a huge cache of firearms including pistols, hand grenades, detonators and magazines were seized from him during a raid by the Special Task Force (STF) in a village in Bihar&aposs Rohtas district.

The Maoist, identified as Maan Dev, was a regular supplier of firearms to the CPI (M) since 1999. He was arrested from his rented house at East Mohan Bigaha village after a tip-off, district Superintendent of Police Vikas Vaibhav told reporters.

A pistol, 150 hand grenades, 5,500 detonators, 460 live cartridges of revolver, seven magazines of self loading rifles (SLR) and carbine were seized from him, police said.

Some survey maps of Patna and Kaimur- Rohtas ranges, geographical maps of Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh were also found in the house.

The raiding team also seized laser lights, CDs of past naxalite operations, compass, T-shirts and sarees for women naxalites, DVDs and naxalite literatures from Dev&aposs house, it said.

Police did not rule out the possibility of others also being involved in the arms supply racket.

Dev is a resident of Joga village in Palamu district in Jharkhand.link

Sonia to flag off multi-crore rail project in Bihar

Work on the 1,805 km-long Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor project would start next week when Congress President Sonia Gandhi inaugurates it in Bihar’s Rohtas district. Gandhi along with Railway Minister Lalu Prasad will flag off the work on the project on February 10.

Over the last two to three years rail freight traffic has grown by 8 to 11 per cent and is projected to touch 1100 million tonnes by the end of the 11th Five-Year Plan. The Rs 30,000 crore Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) project, one of the flagship projects of railways, is envisaged to carry the projected volume of freight traffic. While The Eastern Freight Corridor project aims to link Dankuni in West Bengal with Ludhiana in Punjab, the Western Corridor links Delhi with Mumbai. The traffic on the Eastern Corridor mainly comprises coal for the power plants in the northern region of UP, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, and parts of Rajasthan from the Eastern Coal fields, finished steel, food grains, cement, fertilisers, limer stone from Rajasthan, to steel plants in the east and general goods.link