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  • KC Tyagi, face of JDU outside Bihar, resigns as spokesperson

    New Delhi: Longtime Janata Dal (United) national spokesperson, KC Tyagi, resigned from the post of national spokesperson on Saturday evening. Tyagi was the political advisor and national spokesperson of JDU. His resignation was accepted by the party on Sunday and Rajeev Ranjan was appointed in place of Tyagi.

    After receiving his resignation letter, Tyagi was called by Bihar chief minister and JDU president Nitish Kumar, following which Tyagi agreed to remain as the party’s political advisor.

    In his letter to Nitish Kumar, Tyagi said he was not comfortable with the kind of debate TV channels were holding and he was unable to put forward the vision of JDU. Though Tyagi said he was resigning for personal reasons, sources told ET that he was asked to resign by the party leadership.Recent statements regarding the lateral entry into government jobs and Tyagi’s stand on Israel Palestine conflict where he demanded the Indian government to stop supplying ammunition to Israel, didn’t go along well with the party leadership.

    The JDU leadership is trying to showcase a completely insync relationship with the BJP and Tyagi’s day to day statements were a big deterrent and creating confusion among the leadership of the two NDA partners.

    The new JDU, post2024, has been grappling with enforcing the leadership decisions of the party and is trying to set a standard guideline to be followed by party leaders. Senior JDU leader and Bihar minister Ashok Choudhary on Thursday launched an attack on the Bhumihar. The community is considered to be strong supporters of the BJP. The attack has led to some Bhumihar leaders from the JDU like Jagdish Sharma and party spokesperson Neeraj Kumar to attack Choudhary.The JDU leadership is accessing the extent of the damage caused by Choudhary and the party is trying to evolve a media strategy where leaders will not be allowed to share their opinion with the media unless there is an approval from the party leadership.

    Shyam Rajak joins JDU

    Amidst all this, the party is also trying to extend its base. On Sunday, former Bihar minister and RJD leader Shyam Rajak joined the party in the presence of senior leadership. Rajak is likely to contest the assembly elections in 2025 on a JDU ticket.

  • ‘Purvodaya’ plan for five states includes Andhra

    Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced to formulate a ‘Purvodaya’ plan, targeted at five states Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh. Though contours of the plan are not available yet, it is largely for infrastructure and human resource development.”The states in the eastern part of the country are rich in endowments and have strong cultural traditions. We will formulate a plan Purvodaya for the Allround development of the eastern region covering Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. This will cover human resource development, infrastructure, and generation of economic opportunities to make the region an engine to attain Viksit Bharat,” Sitharaman said. The focus on five states highlights the electoral importance of these states for BJP.

  • Bihar Youth Stages Own Kidnapping In Delhi To Avoid Going To Leh For Work.

    A 19-year-old youth allegedly tried to stage his fake kidnapping as he did not want to accompany his friends to Leh for work, police said on Wednesday. The police acted on a complaint filed on social media by his friend and traced the youth from Keshopur Sabzi Mandi area here, they added.

    The police said that Suraj, along with his friends Vimlesh Shah and Golu, came to Delhi from Champaran in Bihar.

    “Suraj told police that he along with his friends was going to Leh as they heard about higher wages there,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Railways) KPS Malhotra.

    The group was about to leave for Leh from New Delhi railway station, Malhotra said.

    “Suraj got scared when his friends Golu and Vimlesh Shah started discussing about the freezing weather of Leh. So he slipped away by giving an excuse to attend nature's call,” the DCP said.

    The youth then reached Keshopur Mandi and texted his brother that he has been kidnapped. He then asked him to send Rs 5,000 as ransom to get him released, he said.

    Suraj's brother then called Shah and informed about the messages, he added.

    “Shah immediately informed the police through social media and we contacted him,” the DCP said.

    “We had received a complaint on said.

    The police said a team traced Suraj from Keshopur Sabzi Mandi area and he is being questioned.

    They added that legal action will be taken upon further probe.

  • Nitish Kumar Govt To Review Functioning Of Departments Held By Former Bihar Dy CM Tejashwi Yadav.

    PATNA: In a significant political development, the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar on Friday ordered a probe to review the functioning of the departments under the state’s former Deputy chief minister and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav and his close ministers in the previous JDU-RJD government. According to news agency ANI, orders have been given by the Bihar government to review the functioning of the departments under Tejashwi and his close ministers in the previous government.

    Patna Orders have been given by the Bihar government to review the functioning of the departments under former state Dy CM Tejashwi Yadav and his close ministers in the previous government. The work of the Health Department, Road Construction Department, Urban Development and… pic.twitter.com/MYbaldPaWz

    — ANI (@ANI) February 16, 2024


    The work of the Health Department, Road Construction Department, Urban Development and Housing Department and the decisions taken by him will be reviewed, the order said. Apart from this, the work of the RJD regime in the Rural Affairs Department, PHED and Mines and Geology Department will also be reviewed. Instructions have also been issued by the state government to the secretaries of all concerned departments in this connection, said news agency ANI.

    The order came shortly after Tejashwi Yadav launched a fresh attack on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar while addressing the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra and said that the CM does not want to listen to anyone. “You all very well know how our CM is, he does not want to listen to anyone. He used to say ‘I will die, but won’t join BJP’…We decided to stay with Nitish ji, no matter how. much we have to sacrifice, only to defeat BJP in 2024…’We have appointed a tired Chief Minister’…” said RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav.

    “He does not want to listen to anyone, but still, ours was a grand alliance government, and we wanted to be united with a big goal, We have to stop the powers that be, those who work to sow poison in the country, so this time at any cost, no matter how much we have to bear, no matter how much we have to sacrifice, we joined Nitish ji, so that BJP will be defeated in 2024. We will do the work of ousting BJP from power and we appointed a tired Chief Minister,” added Tejashwi Yadav.

    Former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav joined Rahul Gandhi in his ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ on Friday in Bihar’s Sasaram. The Yatra reaches its final stage in Bihar and is scheduled to enter Uttar Pradesh later today.

    Yadav was seen driving Rahul Gandhi and other leaders in the lead jeep as the yatra made its way through Sasaram with the RJD leader acknowledging his ally in his post on x. This was the first time the RJD leader was seen sharing the stage with Gandhi in Bihar since state Chief Minister Nitish Kumar severed his ties with the INDIA bloc.

  • Bihar Politics Updates: CM Nitish Kumar likely to resign by Sunday morning, says a source close to CM

    Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who heads the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ government, is likely to tender his resignation by Sunday morning, a source close to the CM said on Saturday. Talking to PTI, the source, who requested anonymity, said though the possibility of resignation by late Saturday evening could not be ruled out, “it would definitely take place by Sunday morning”.

  • Four pillars of Sono Churhet Kajwe bridge collapse in Bihar

    Express News Service

    PATNA: One extra bridge caved in in Bihar’s Jamui district on Saturday, triggering debate over the standard of fabric getting used within the development of bridges within the state.

    Reports mentioned that 4 pillars of the Sono Churhet Kajwe bridge over the Barnar River had been broken as a result of heavy circulation of water within the river. The officers, nonetheless, attributed the explanation to heavy downpours within the area through the previous 24 hours, which raised the water degree within the swollen river.

    Over a dozen villages underneath Sono block within the district have been utterly reduce off from the district headquarters. The motion of autos on the broken river has additionally been stopped by the district administration as a precautionary measure.

    “We have informed people about damage to pillars from six to 10 through the public address system. A team of officials is camping at the site to take stock of the damages caused in the river. The traffic on the damaged bridge has been stopped,” Sono block growth officer (BDO) Rajesh Kumar mentioned.

    Station home officer (SHO) of Sono police station Chitranjan Kumar mentioned {that a} police workforce led by sub-inspector Bipin Kumar has been deployed on the website to take inventory of the scenario and management the mob gathered after listening to the information concerning the collapse of the bridge.

    Bridge caved in #Jamui after two days of rain: 24 villages affected attributable to closure of operations, villagers mentioned – sand was being lifted close to the bridge.#Bihar #BridgeCaved #ClimateActionNow #Rainfall #hurricane #Storm #JamuiBridgeCaved@officecmbihar@TejashwiOffice@Jduonline pic.twitter.com/qa4kttfu6N

    — Anchor Manish Kumar (@manishA20058305) September 23, 2023

    On the opposite hand, residents alleged that the bridge bought broken attributable to unlawful sand mining within the river.

    “Illegal sand mining is going on unabated in the river, especially near the pillars. People of the area have earlier drawn the attention of the officials towards it,” mentioned a resident Mukesh Shashtri.

    On June 4, an under-construction bridge, which was supposed to attach Khagaria district with Bhagalpur, collapsed. Later one other bridge in Kishanganj district caved in on June 24.

    Opposition BJP took a jibe on the collapse of the bridge in Jamui district.

    BJP chief Nikhil Anand mentioned, “The state government should look into a series of bridges getting damaged in the state in the past year. Use of sub-standard quality of material is perhaps the main reason behind it.” 

    PATNA: One extra bridge caved in in Bihar’s Jamui district on Saturday, triggering debate over the standard of fabric getting used within the development of bridges within the state.

    Reports mentioned that 4 pillars of the Sono Churhet Kajwe bridge over the Barnar River had been broken as a result of heavy circulation of water within the river. The officers, nonetheless, attributed the explanation to heavy downpours within the area through the previous 24 hours, which raised the water degree within the swollen river.

    Over a dozen villages underneath Sono block within the district have been utterly reduce off from the district headquarters. The motion of autos on the broken river has additionally been stopped by the district administration as a precautionary measure.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    “We have informed people about damage to pillars from six to 10 through the public address system. A team of officials is camping at the site to take stock of the damages caused in the river. The traffic on the damaged bridge has been stopped,” Sono block growth officer (BDO) Rajesh Kumar mentioned.

    Station home officer (SHO) of Sono police station Chitranjan Kumar mentioned {that a} police workforce led by sub-inspector Bipin Kumar has been deployed on the website to take inventory of the scenario and management the mob gathered after listening to the information concerning the collapse of the bridge.

    Bridge caved in #Jamui after two days of rain: 24 villages affected attributable to closure of operations, villagers mentioned – sand was being lifted close to the bridge.#Bihar #BridgeCaved #ClimateActionNow #Rainfall #hurricane #Storm #JamuiBridgeCaved@officecmbihar@TejashwiOffice@Jduonline pic.twitter.com/qa4kttfu6N
    — Anchor Manish Kumar (@manishA20058305) September 23, 2023
    On the opposite hand, residents alleged that the bridge bought broken attributable to unlawful sand mining within the river.

    “Illegal sand mining is going on unabated in the river, especially near the pillars. People of the area have earlier drawn the attention of the officials towards it,” mentioned a resident Mukesh Shashtri.

    On June 4, an under-construction bridge, which was supposed to attach Khagaria district with Bhagalpur, collapsed. Later one other bridge in Kishanganj district caved in on June 24.

    Opposition BJP took a jibe on the collapse of the bridge in Jamui district.

    BJP chief Nikhil Anand mentioned, “The state government should look into a series of bridges getting damaged in the state in the past year. Use of sub-standard quality of material is perhaps the main reason behind it.” 

  • Bihar: CBI arrests Srijan rip-off ‘key accused’ Rajni Priya from Ghaziabad 

    Express News Service

    PATNA:  In a major improvement, the Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday arrested Rajri Priya, daughter-in-law of Manorama Devi, the alleged mastermind behind over Rs.1000 crore Srijan Scam in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district.

    Rajni Priya was on the run ever for the reason that central investigating company took over the cost of the instances associated to the misappropriation of presidency funds by fudging data between 2003 and 2014. The cash was subsequently deposited within the unauthorized financial institution of the NGO, sources within the CBI stated.

    Rajni Priya, additionally a key accused within the rip-off, was arrested from the Sahibabad space of Ghaziabad city adjoining to New Delhi. A particular CBI court docket in Patna had issued a non-bailable warrant of arrest towards Rajni Priya declaring her a proclaimed offender.

    After the dying of Manorama Devi, the founding father of the Bhagalpur-based NGO NGO Srijan Mahila Vikas Sahyog Samiti, Rajni Priya was made secretary of the NGO. The CBI took over the cost of the instances associated to the rip-off in 2017 on the advice of the Bihar authorities.

    Sources stated that altogether 24 instances had been registered by the CBI towards the workplace bearers of the NGO, financial institution officers, staff of the district collectorate, and others. Some constructing builders of the district headquarters city had been additionally quizzed by the investigating officers.

    As per the FIRs, the officers of the stated NGO entered right into a conspiracy with officers of varied banks, together with Bank of Baroda, Indian Bank, and Bank of India for diversion of presidency funds into the accounts of the NGO through the use of cast paperwork.

    The CBI had filed quite a few chargesheets within the case through which a number of individuals, together with a former district Justice of the Peace of Bhagalpur, have been named accused.

    It is alleged that the Srijan Mahila Vikas Sahyog Samiti, which was assigned to impart coaching to girls, had pilfered authorities funds in connivance with financial institution officers and state authorities officers between 2003 and 2014, officers stated.

    The alleged switch and misuse of funds from authorities financial institution accounts to accounts of the NGO by means of a conspiracy hatched between authorities officers and workplace bearers of the NGO.

    The preliminary investigation carried out by the state police revealed that the NGO used to acquire checkbooks of presidency officers from the banks and cast the signature of the district Justice of the Peace to switch authorities funds to the accounts of the NGO.

    The CBI probe additionally discovered the involvement of officers of nationalized banks and authorities officers within the fraudulent withdrawal of funds from authorities financial institution accounts of Bhagalpur, Banka, and Saharsa districts.

    The founding father of the NGO Manorama Devi had shut connections within the corridors of energy.

    PATNA:  In a major improvement, the Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday arrested Rajri Priya, daughter-in-law of Manorama Devi, the alleged mastermind behind over Rs.1000 crore Srijan Scam in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district.

    Rajni Priya was on the run ever for the reason that central investigating company took over the cost of the instances associated to the misappropriation of presidency funds by fudging data between 2003 and 2014. The cash was subsequently deposited within the unauthorized financial institution of the NGO, sources within the CBI stated.

    Rajni Priya, additionally a key accused within the rip-off, was arrested from the Sahibabad space of Ghaziabad city adjoining to New Delhi. A particular CBI court docket in Patna had issued a non-bailable warrant of arrest towards Rajni Priya declaring her a proclaimed offender.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    After the dying of Manorama Devi, the founding father of the Bhagalpur-based NGO NGO Srijan Mahila Vikas Sahyog Samiti, Rajni Priya was made secretary of the NGO. The CBI took over the cost of the instances associated to the rip-off in 2017 on the advice of the Bihar authorities.

    Sources stated that altogether 24 instances had been registered by the CBI towards the workplace bearers of the NGO, financial institution officers, staff of the district collectorate, and others. Some constructing builders of the district headquarters city had been additionally quizzed by the investigating officers.

    As per the FIRs, the officers of the stated NGO entered right into a conspiracy with officers of varied banks, together with Bank of Baroda, Indian Bank, and Bank of India for diversion of presidency funds into the accounts of the NGO through the use of cast paperwork.

    The CBI had filed quite a few chargesheets within the case through which a number of individuals, together with a former district Justice of the Peace of Bhagalpur, have been named accused.

    It is alleged that the Srijan Mahila Vikas Sahyog Samiti, which was assigned to impart coaching to girls, had pilfered authorities funds in connivance with financial institution officers and state authorities officers between 2003 and 2014, officers stated.

    The alleged switch and misuse of funds from authorities financial institution accounts to accounts of the NGO by means of a conspiracy hatched between authorities officers and workplace bearers of the NGO.

    The preliminary investigation carried out by the state police revealed that the NGO used to acquire checkbooks of presidency officers from the banks and cast the signature of the district Justice of the Peace to switch authorities funds to the accounts of the NGO.

    The CBI probe additionally discovered the involvement of officers of nationalized banks and authorities officers within the fraudulent withdrawal of funds from authorities financial institution accounts of Bhagalpur, Banka, and Saharsa districts.

    The founding father of the NGO Manorama Devi had shut connections within the corridors of energy.

  • The return of Lalu

    Jail, sickness and the pandemic could have stored the septuagenarian RJD chief off the political stage, however he’s again, energising his get together’s cadre in addition to the nationwide Opposition alliance

    ISSUE DATE: Aug 14, 2023 | UPDATED: Aug 4, 2023 16:23 IST

    Illustration by Siddhant Jumde

    “Didn’t study to be afraid, didn’t study to bow out. Have fought, will struggle, gained’t be afraid of jail, and can come out a winner ultimately.” These have been the phrases that accompanied the Instagram reel that Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav posted of his father, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) patriarch Lalu Prasad Yadav, enjoying badminton on the indoor court docket of the Patna Secretariat on July 28. Wearing a loose-fitting polo shirt, sweatpants and slippers, the 75-year-old politician regarded happy as he first served, then adopted it up with a fragile return, within the video.

    Published By:

    Arindam Mukherjee

    Published On:

    Aug 4, 2023

  • ‘Bimaru’ Bihar continues to ail with the very best unemployment charge within the nation

    Online Desk

    The unemployment charge dropped by 0.1% between 2020-21 and 2021-22 from 4.2% to 4.1%, the Centre informed Parliament on Monday citing information from statistics and programme implementation ministry’s Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS).

    The authorities stated that the unemployment charge dipped to 4.1% in 2021-22 from 4.2% in 2020-21 nationally. 

    It stated that Sikkim(57.0%) had the very best worker-population Ratio in 2021-22 adopted by Himachal Pradesh (55.8%) and Dadra & Nagar Haveli (51.6%) and Daman & Diu (51.6%) whereas Bihar had the bottom ( 25.6%) and Lakshadweep and Manipur with (29.1%) and (29.8%) respectively. 

    According to the PLFS information, Bihar noticed a pointy enhance within the unemployment charge, with the state recording 5.9% between 2021-22, in comparison with 4.6% between 2020-21. 

    A significant purpose behind the excessive unemployment charge is attributed to the menial or no presence of industries inside the state. As per the Economic Survey of the state, agriculture and allied sectors proceed to have an important area in Bihar’s financial system. 

    Lack of employment alternatives had pushed Bihar migrants to depart their native state and relocate to extra industrialized states, which had an opposed impact on the unemployment charge. Bihar has had the very best unemployment charge for the final two years.

    Next to Bihar, Lakshadweep had the very best unemployment charge. The Island Union territory had (29.1%) unemployment charge between 2021-22, which is nevertheless 0.6% decrease than that of the 2020-21 unemployment charge (29.7%).

    Sikkim has had a turbulent historical past of unemployment, which is likely one of the most generally used political gambits, it’s stunning to see Sikkim register an enormous progress in job creation attaining 57.0% previous 12 months.

    ALSO READ: The 19-million plus query: Has discovering a job in India gotten tougher or simpler?

    The unemployment charge dropped by 0.1% between 2020-21 and 2021-22 from 4.2% to 4.1%, the Centre informed Parliament on Monday citing information from statistics and programme implementation ministry’s Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS).

    The authorities stated that the unemployment charge dipped to 4.1% in 2021-22 from 4.2% in 2020-21 nationally. 

    It stated that Sikkim(57.0%) had the very best worker-population Ratio in 2021-22 adopted by Himachal Pradesh (55.8%) and Dadra & Nagar Haveli (51.6%) and Daman & Diu (51.6%) whereas Bihar had the bottom ( 25.6%) and Lakshadweep and Manipur with (29.1%) and (29.8%) respectively. googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    According to the PLFS information, Bihar noticed a pointy enhance within the unemployment charge, with the state recording 5.9% between 2021-22, in comparison with 4.6% between 2020-21. 

    A significant purpose behind the excessive unemployment charge is attributed to the menial or no presence of industries inside the state. As per the Economic Survey of the state, agriculture and allied sectors proceed to have an important area in Bihar’s financial system. 

    Lack of employment alternatives had pushed Bihar migrants to depart their native state and relocate to extra industrialized states, which had an opposed impact on the unemployment charge. Bihar has had the very best unemployment charge for the final two years.

    Next to Bihar, Lakshadweep had the very best unemployment charge. The Island Union territory had (29.1%) unemployment charge between 2021-22, which is nevertheless 0.6% decrease than that of the 2020-21 unemployment charge (29.7%).

    Sikkim has had a turbulent historical past of unemployment, which is likely one of the most generally used political gambits, it’s stunning to see Sikkim register an enormous progress in job creation attaining 57.0% previous 12 months.

    ALSO READ: The 19-million plus query: Has discovering a job in India gotten tougher or simpler?

  • Popular Front of India’s grasp coach Yaqub arrested from Bihar’s East Champaran

    By Express News Service

    PATNA: Bihar anti-terrorism squad (ATS) and National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday arrested the grasp coach of the outlawed Popular Front of India (PFI) Yaqub alias Sultan Usman Khan, from East Champaran district in Bihar.

    Acting on a tip-off, a joint group of NIA, ATS, and East Champran police carried out a raid at Bansghat Gawandara village underneath Chakia police station late on Tuesday and took Yaqub into custody.

    It couldn’t be instantly recognized whether or not any unlawful doc was recovered from his possession on the time of his arrest. The NIA later took the alleged grasp coach to an undisclosed location for additional interrogation. 

    Superintendent of Police (SP), East Champaran, Kantesh Kumar Mishra confirmed the arrest of Yaqub. He mentioned the district police prolonged its full cooperation within the operation in opposition to the PFI activist, who was absconding for lengthy.

    Yaqub got here into the limelight about 4 years in the past when a video exhibiting him imparting coaching to newly recruited members of PFI at Gandhi Maidan in Chakia had gone viral on social media. This caught the eye of intelligence companies.

    Authoritative sources in state police headquarters mentioned that Yaqub was a frequent customer to Phulwarisharif workplace of PFI earlier than the searches carried out in opposition to the banned outfit in September final yr. He used to impart coaching to youths.

    Yaqub’s arrest adopted the motion initiated in opposition to Azhar and Jalaluddin in Phulwarisharif locality of the state capital final yr. The Patna police had busted a terrorist coaching module of PFI. Later the case was handed over to NIA.

    The arrest of the trio suspects has supplied important info to NIA, which is conducting an investigation into the Phulwarisharif module of PFI. In September final yr, union authorities declared PFI an outlawed outfit which was concerned inti-India actions.

    Yaqub is said to be keen on flaunting weapons on social media platforms. In one of many movies, Yaqub may be seen posing for the digital camera as he oversees a bunch of youths coaching within the yard.

    In different visuals, he may be seen brandishing weapons and swords. “Yaqub’s arrest is a significant development in action against PFI activities in the state,” a senior IPS officer mentioned on situation of anonymity. 

    PATNA: Bihar anti-terrorism squad (ATS) and National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday arrested the grasp coach of the outlawed Popular Front of India (PFI) Yaqub alias Sultan Usman Khan, from East Champaran district in Bihar.

    Acting on a tip-off, a joint group of NIA, ATS, and East Champran police carried out a raid at Bansghat Gawandara village underneath Chakia police station late on Tuesday and took Yaqub into custody.

    It couldn’t be instantly recognized whether or not any unlawful doc was recovered from his possession on the time of his arrest. The NIA later took the alleged grasp coach to an undisclosed location for additional interrogation. googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Superintendent of Police (SP), East Champaran, Kantesh Kumar Mishra confirmed the arrest of Yaqub. He mentioned the district police prolonged its full cooperation within the operation in opposition to the PFI activist, who was absconding for lengthy.

    Yaqub got here into the limelight about 4 years in the past when a video exhibiting him imparting coaching to newly recruited members of PFI at Gandhi Maidan in Chakia had gone viral on social media. This caught the eye of intelligence companies.

    Authoritative sources in state police headquarters mentioned that Yaqub was a frequent customer to Phulwarisharif workplace of PFI earlier than the searches carried out in opposition to the banned outfit in September final yr. He used to impart coaching to youths.

    Yaqub’s arrest adopted the motion initiated in opposition to Azhar and Jalaluddin in Phulwarisharif locality of the state capital final yr. The Patna police had busted a terrorist coaching module of PFI. Later the case was handed over to NIA.

    The arrest of the trio suspects has supplied important info to NIA, which is conducting an investigation into the Phulwarisharif module of PFI. In September final yr, union authorities declared PFI an outlawed outfit which was concerned inti-India actions.

    Yaqub is said to be keen on flaunting weapons on social media platforms. In one of many movies, Yaqub may be seen posing for the digital camera as he oversees a bunch of youths coaching within the yard.

    In different visuals, he may be seen brandishing weapons and swords. “Yaqub’s arrest is a significant development in action against PFI activities in the state,” a senior IPS officer mentioned on situation of anonymity.