Reena Devi, 32, a resident of Chandmari locality committed suicide after quarelling with her husband Amarjit Soni, who suffered a heart attack on seeing his wife hanging from the ceiling fan of a room.

The couple have a a seven-year-old daughter and five-year-old son.

Reena used to sell cosmetic items. Her husband used to work as a jewellery artist.

Local residents gather at the couple's home. Shabbir Hussain

Amarjit Soni was unemployed for the last couple of months and the family used to survive on Reena's income.

Shakuntala Devi a neighbour of the deceased couple, said, “both the husband and wife were soft spoken and had good relation with us and other people in the community but what propelled Reena Devi to take the extreme step is beyond any comprehension”.

Jairam Prasad, officer in charge of Dhansar Police station said,“the post mortem report revealed that the women died due to hanging while her hushand died due to heart attack as he suffered shock due to the death of his wife”.

Subdivisional officer of Koderma with 34 patients who recovered from Covid on Monday. Picture by Vishvendu Jaipuriar

34 discharged from Koderma

Thirty four Covid patients were discharged from Holy family hospital in Koderma on Monday.

A team of doctors, nurses and other medical staff led by subdivisional officer Manish Kumar gave a farewell to these patients.

Kumar asked all 34 to remain in home quarantine for the next 14 days, use mask and follow social distancing norms once quarantine was over.

Dhanbad camp for Covid test

Dhanbad district administration will organise a special Rapid Antigen Test drive on Tuesday at 20 places across the district.

Tests will be conducted on 11,600 people.

Dhanbad Deputy Commissioner, Uma Shankar Singh said that in view of the increasing number of Covid cases, it is imperative to carry out more and more tests and isolate the ones infected.

Shankar said that regular tests at Chirkunda Check post on the Jharkhand-Bengal border will be conducted on everyone entering the state from Bengal Tuesday onwards.

On September 5, rapid antigen test of 3708 people were conducted in different residential and commercial centres of Dhanbad. 107 persons tested Covid positive.

Demonstration at DGMS

Members of social organisation Friends of Santosh on Monday staged a demonstration at the Directorate General of Mines Safety in Dhanbad to protest its inaction against private contractor Dhansar Engineering Corporation violating mining and environmental norms.

The organisation is led by All India Congress Committee Member, Santosh Singh.

The private contractor is working on behalf of BCCL in Jharia.

Villagers disrupt electric substation work

Local villagers of Kalubathan area in Nirsa on Monday protested the construction work of an electric substation being laid by Ahuja construction work and forced the company to stop work.

A meeting between the villagers and construction company was held during which the protesters demanded priority to the local people in employment for the construction work being carried out by the company.

The agitators also demanded PF and gratuity for the local workers engaged by the company.

Bhuli residents protest

Bhuli residents including shopkeepers on Monday staged a demonstration at the BCCL office to protest the September 4 evacuation notice given to unauthorised shops.

A meeting was held between BCCL officials and the agitators during which BCCL agreed to keep the old shops functioning but cautioned against opening new ones on their land.

Bhuli is one of the largest labourer colony of the country.

However, a large number of BCCL quarters are in illegal possession.

Villagers agitate against NTPC

Villagers agitate in Barkagaon in Hazaribagh on Monday. Picture by Vishvendu Jaipuriar

The villagers of Barkagaon entered their seventh day of fasting against NTPC and its outsourcing company Thriveni Sainik Private Limited demanding jobs in its coal mining project.

Villagers said they will not end their fast till jobs are given to them.

One of the agitators,Ganesh Ram said they have given their lands and despite this, the company is not ready to fulfill their demands.He said the state government has formed a high level committee under the divisional commissioner but failed to find any amicable solution.

Ram said they will not leave the place till the company assures them of fulfilling their demands.