An attempt is allegedly being made to pass off the murder of three people as a road accident in Palamau’s non-descript road at Adhmaniya, about 21 km away from Daltonganj. According to SP Palamau Ajay Linda, this gory incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon. A head on collision was allegedly staged between a four wheeler (Bolero) and a bike. All the three occupants of the bike died. Two died on the spot and one in Mission Hospital at Tumbagara on NH 75.

The four wheeler overturned, too, but its occupants disappeared from the scene. SP Linda said, “This disappearance of the occupants of the four wheeler arouses suspicion. Their vehicle had overturned, right? They could also have been hurt but they vanished into thin air. The collision looks foul, planned, pre-meditated,” reiterated Linda.

Quoting SDPO Anup Kumar Baraik, SP Linda said, “ The occupants of the four wheeler were Cheros while the three on the bike were Oraons. Both are tribal communities.”

“The Chero family and the Oraon family had a long standing land dispute. On Tuesday morning the two families were up in arms against each other,” said Linda.

Among the three killed were two brothers and their mother, who have been identified as Kalawanti Kuarn, Sanjay Oraon, and Binod Oraon.

Vehicles lying overturned at Adhmaniya road in Palamau on Tuesday Telegraph Picture

State minister hunts for mushroom inside roadside bush

Love can take you miles, often inside deep jungles. At least that’s what has happened to state education minister Jagarnath Mahto. Love for mushroom curry drove Mahto inside wild bushes of a roadside jungle on Tuesday.

Like a kid, Mahto descended inside the bushes leaving behind his bodyguards and started searching for mushrooms, which grow in dense bushes especially in monsoon. Locals here call it Khukris.

Few people, who were passing by stopped seeing Mahto inside the bushes. The bodyguards requested him to return as they feared that poisonous snakes or other insects might bite him. But it was only after almost an hour when Mahto collected 30-35 mushroom sticks did he come out of the jungle, with a victorious smile on his face.

“Nothing can change my love for Khukri, which is found only during monsoon. Curry of this Khukri with rice is the best combination anyone can ever have. I used to wait a whole year for it. I was missing it this year. Seeing the bushes I thought I would definitely find it here. Tonight’s dinner is sorted,” an excited Mahto told The Telegraph online.

State education minister Jagarnath Mahto searching for mushrooms in dense bushes of jungles Telegraph Picture

Thirty three Covid patients released from Dhandbad hospital

Thirty three persons, including five women, were on Tuesday discharged from the Covid Hospital in Dhanbad. The discharged persons include a 13-year-old boy, a 15-year-old girl and three male senior citizens aged 62, 67 and 71 years. Dhanbad deputy commissioner Uma Shankar Singh said, “Following the sample test carried out on July 26, these patients had tested negative, and therefore were discharged today from the hospital after being provided a health kit. They have been advised to remain in home quarantine for 14 days after returning from the hospital.”

Two doctors deputed at PMCH lab for test acceleration

Two doctors, including the head of the Biometric department of Patliputra Medical College and Hospital (PMCH), Sunil Verma, and the head of Microbiology department, BC Banerjee have been deputed at the Microbiology lab of the hospital in order to increase the speed of Covid sample testing. Dhanbad Deputy Commissioner, Uma Shankar Singh, who visited the PMCH laboratory on July 19, constituted an advisory committee on Tuesday. Currently, 500-600 tests are conducted at PMCH every day. The district administration is planning to increase the tests to over 1,000 per day.