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PATNA: Barely 24 hours after the lynching of Kishanganj Town police station SHO Ashwini Kumar in a bordering West Bengal village, his septuagenarian mother Urmila Devi could not bear the shock and died on Sunday. The Kishanganj police team had raided the village to arrest the accused of a bike loot case.
Both Kumar and his mother were cremated together on the outskirts of their village Panchu Mandal Tola under Jankinagar police station area of Banmankhi in Purnia district. Kumar’s mother was suffering from several age-related ailments. His father had died around seven years ago, Kumar’s maternal uncle Subhash Singh told TOI over phone.
KATIHAR: Katihar DM Udayan Mishra on Sunday inspected measures to contain Covid spread at transit points like bus stand and railway station, where foo.
The deceased SHO, stated to be a resident of Panchu Tola, under Janki Nagar police station in Purnia district, was posted in Kishanganj about a year ago
PATNA: A police inspector posted as a station house officer (SHO) in Kishanganj district was beaten to death by a mob during a raid in the adjoining North Dinajpur district in West Bengal in the wee hours of Saturday.
The deceased, Ashwini Kumar (52), was the SHO of the Kishanganj model police station. The incident took place around 3.30 am when the SHO along with half a dozen police personnel had gone to nab the kingpin of a motorbike lifters gang.
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PATNA: People celebrated Easter with utmost joy and enthusiasm amid Covid pandemic on Sunday. Saturday vigil, midnight mass and special morning Easter service followed by lighting of candles and singing of hymns marked Easter celebrations at city churches.
According to Father Prem Prakash SJ, the Vicar General of Patna Archdiocese, Easter is the most important festival for followers of Christ. “The Christian faith is based on the resurrection of Christ. Easter is a reminder of the sacrifices Jesus made for humanity. It signifies victory of good over evil,” he said.
As per the New Testament, Jesus died on the cross on Good Friday and came back to life three days later. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Sunday, which also marks the end of Lent, the 40-day period of fasting which begins on Ash Wednesday. Easter is the celebration of victory over death, a celebration of new life.
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PATNA: The Government Railway Police (GRP) rescued seven girls hailing from Nepal from the clutches of human traffickers at the Sitamarhi railway station on Wednesday evening. Five of them were stated to be minors.
According to sources, GRP constable Rakesh Kumar got suspicious when he spotted seven girls in the age group of 12 to 20 years waiting for a train to Mumbai on one of the platforms since afternoon. They were subsequently brought to the GRP police station for interrogation where they revealed that they were being taken to Mumbai on the pretext of getting them jobs in the Hindi film industry. The traffickers, however, managed to escape.