Jamshedpur: Separate criminal gangs decamped with cell phones and cash worth over Rs 10 lakhs from a mobile phone shop in Bistupur market and a temple at Ranikuda area in the intervening night of Tuesday.

The thieves took away the Kali temple’s donation box by breaking open the temple’s lock. While those raiding the mobile shop, dismantled its tin-roof and false ceiling to break into the shop.

The shop owner, Sandeep Barwalia said, “I had closed the shop at 8 pm last night, but when I opened the shop at about 9 am today, I found the shop’s roof torn apart. Soon I saw things lying scattered on the floor and the new stocks of mobile phones as well as the old ones missing from shelves. Rs 8,000 which was kept in the cash-box was also missing,” said the shop-owner while talking to this website.

Barwalia said he had to suffer a loss of over Rs 10 lakhs due to the burglary at his shop.

On getting information Bistupur thana OC, Vishnu Rawat visited the spot. Deputy superintendent of police (Composite Control Room) Animesh Gupta also inspected the burgled shop.

“The burglary must have been committed in the small hours of Tuesday. We are trying to detect the case by taking the CCTV footage from the adjoining shops,” said the OC while talking to The Telegraph Online. He also confirmed the burglary at the Kali temple.

(Kumud Jenamani)

Sixty houses razed during railway’s anti-encroachment drive

Anti-encroachment drive conducted by the Dhanbad railway in progress at Pathardih Railway Traffic Colony in Dhanbad on Tuesday. Gautam Dey

Dhanbad: Around 60 illegal settlements, including makeshift houses and huts built on the land belonging to the railway were razed by East Central Railway administration during its anti-encroachment drive, which was conducted at Patherdih’s Traffic colony, which falls under the Sudamdih police station area of Dhanbad.

The drive was conducted under the joint supervision of BK Pandey, Assistant Divisional Engineer of East Central Railway and Shyamlal Manjhi, Jharia Circle inspector. The drive began around 11 am today, but the officials had been appealing before the residents to vacate the government land for the past four days.

The eviction drive is part of a Rs 30 crore station re-modelling project of Patherdih railway station of Dhanbad Division of East Central Railway.

Talking to the media, one of the encroachers while requesting anonymity said, “We had received formal notice from the railway administration ahead of the pandemic in February, 2020 and but as our income has been affected because of Covid-19 we could not shift.”

Mahendra Sharma, another protestor, “We are not averse to the drive. We are ready to shift but the selective approach of demolition has left us aghast.”

BK Pandey, assistant divisional engineer of railway, however, refuted all charges.

(Praduman Choubey)

Bokaro Zoo: Heat stroke kills another Sambar in a span of 65 days

Sambar in Bokaro Zoo File Photo

A female Sambar deer died at Jawaharlal Nehru Biological (JNB) Park on Tuesday. This is the second death reported within a span of 65 days at JNB popularly known as Bokaro Zoo.

“I have assessed and confirmed that Sambar died of heat stroke. He was five-and-a-half-year-old," said Mukesh Kumar, a government vet who conducted the post-mortem. During this hot and humid season, the Sambar seems to have lacked proper care, which led to its death. The right medication, glucose, and water could help it survive.

A zoo officer said, “The Sambar had dashed the iron nets of its enclosure and escaped on the very next day of arrival from Ranchi zoo. It was found near a canal with a head injury. The wound was treated and it recovered. However, on July 11, the animal showed extreme weakness. Zoo vets administered lifesaving drugs to the animal but it died.”

(Our Correspondent)