Jamshedpur: Unidentified criminals fled with cash over Rs 10 lakh from four garment shops at Sakchi market in the intervening night of Friday.
The shop owners discovered the robberies as they opened their shops in the morning.
In all the four places, the thief had entered the shops from the rear side of the shops either by removing window air conditioner or exhaust fans.
The garment shops where the serial burglaries took place are Fashion World, Kurti House, M Mart and Abhinandan, all located at Jhanda Chowk considered to be the heart of the Sakchi market.
The criminals have taken away amounts starting from Rs 5,000 to Rs 7 lakh by breaking open cash-box of the shops but did not touch stocks of garments.
OC of Sakchi thana, Kunal Kumar reached the spot after getting complaint of the burglaries. Soon after, superintendent of police (City), Subhash Chandra Jat also reached the spot and inspected the burgled shops.
"Burglaries have taken place at four garment shops in Sakchi market in the night. The criminals used rooftop and rear side I the shops for committing the serial crime. We are trying to detect the case, "Jat said to The Telegraph Online
The City SP said forensic experts have been pressed into service for taking finger prints at the scene of crime. He pointed out CCTV camera footage is also being collected for the detection of the crime.
(Kumud Jenamani)
Father arrested in minor daughter's death
Pratappur police station in Chatra. Picture by Vishvendu Jaipuriar
Hazaribagh: Pratappur police arrested the father of a deceased 15-year-old girl while he was performing the last rites on Friday, after murder allegations were made against him.
Police sent the body of Sushma Kumari for post mortem to Chatra sadar hospital.
Sushma’s maternal uncle Amod Kumar told the officer-in-charge of Pratappur police station, Naim Ansari that his sister Manju Devi, who was married to Pramod Saw, died in 2008. They had a daughter, Sushma and a son. After his wife’s death, Saw remarried in 2010.
Sushma’s stepmother would allegedly torture the children, said Kumar. He said Sushma was poisoned which needed probe followed by action.
"Allegation against Saw and his wife is of serious nature. As this case related to death of a minor girl, I sent the dead body for post mortem to know the actual reason behind her death,” said Ansari.
Ansari said investigation has started and he interrogated Saw about his daughter’s death.
“Our investigation has started and if allegation is found to be true, we will not leave the culprits,” he added.
(Vishvendu Jaipuriar)
Violence in Chaitudih Colliery
Workers of Deco outsourcing company operating under Area IV of BCCL in Angarpathra colliery in Baghmara, talk to Angarpathra OP about the attack on Friday. Gautam Dey
Dhanbad: Unidentified armed criminals attacked labourers on the coal extraction site of private miner, Dhansar Engineering Company Limited working on behalf of BCCL in Chaitudih Colliery area under Katras Police station on Friday at around 2 am.
The 15 masked criminals wielding pistols and lathi sticks arrived at the site and first attacked the coal transporting vehicles including the tipper trucks and then attacked the workers due to which around half a dozen workers received minor injury and somehow saved themselves after fleeing from the site.
A team of Katras Police station led by officer in charge, Ras Bihari Lal which reached the site took details from the workers of the company.
The agitated workers of the coal company expressed their inability to work in such a situation of fear.
Baghmara DSP, Nisha Murmu, who also reached the site this morning inspected the site and held a meeting with the officials of Katras Police station during which she instructed the Katras police station officer in-charge to lodge FIR against 15 persons.
Officer in-charge of Katras Police station Ras Bihari Lal said, “We have lodged FIR against 15 unidentified persons and at the same time trying to identify them and some local persons who might be involved in the incident.”
(Praduman Choubey)
