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  • 1999 Senari bloodbath: SC agrees to listen to plea in opposition to acquittals

    The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to look at the Bihar authorities’s attraction in opposition to the acquittal of 14 folks by the Patna High Court within the 1999 Senari bloodbath — wherein 34 folks have been killed allegedly by Maoist outfits.
    A bench of Justices S Abdul Nazeer and Krishna Murari issued notices to these acquitted on May 21.
    The state, in its attraction filed by way of Abhinav Mukerji, contended that the HC whereas reversing their conviction by the trial courtroom didn’t take into account the testimonies of witnesses and that the decision was opposite to the proof on document.
    The plea stated that the prosecution case is supported by 23 witnesses “of which 13 are eyewitnesses who lost their near family in the mass carnage” and three witnesses who have been injured within the incident. The state stated “it is important to note that none of the accused disputed the date, time, place and manner of occurrence but still stand acquitted by the judgment on a misreading of the law and evidence on record”.

    The trial courtroom had awarded dying penalty to 11 convicts and life imprisonment to 3.

  • Facing flak, Bihar rethinks plan to demolish Khuda Baksh library room for Patna flyover

    Under strain from intellectuals over the attainable demolition of a studying room contained in the historic Khuda Baksh Oriental Library, Bihar authorities has determined to scale back the width of a selected stretch of a proposed flyover on Patna’s Ashoka Road.
    Road building division extra chief secretary Amrit Lal Meena stated, “The BRPNNL (Bihar Rajya Pul Nirman Nigam Limited) decided to reduce the width of the proposed overbridge for a certain distance to ensure that the Lord Curzon reading hall…is not demolished.”
    The proposed 2.1-km double-decker flyover will hyperlink Kargil Chowk to the National Institute of Engineering chowk and to Ganga Path, one other mega mission.

    The library was opened in 1891 by Khan Bahadur Maulvi Khuda Baksh, a Siwan landlord, with over 4,000 manuscripts. In 1905, then viceroy of India Lord Curzon was so impressed by the library’s wealthy assortment that he constructed the studying room. In 1969, the Centre acknowledged it as an establishment of nationwide significance. At current, the library has over 21,000 manuscripts, largely in Arabic and Persian, in addition to essential writings in Sanskrit, together with over 2.5 lakh books.
    In a letter to Patna DM Chandrashekhar in April, the library’s director Shayesta Bedar wrote, “The (library) board was of the view that the possibility of saving the portions of the library be explored, keeping in view the significance of the library as the biggest cultural heritage of the state.”

    Amid a row over the proposed demolition of the studying room two months in the past, street building division minister Nitin Nabin had additionally hinted at a evaluate of the plan.

  • Bihar govt says land acquisition solely after taking library board in confidence

    With the Bihar authorities going through protests from intellectuals over the proposed partial demolition of the historic Khuda Baksh Oriental Library to assemble an elevated hall, the state Road Construction Department has stated that any land acquisition can be carried out solely after taking the library administration in confidence.
    The elevated hall, which can hyperlink Patna’s Kargil Chowk to the National Institute of Technology, was lately given the inexperienced gentle and might be linked to the deliberate 24-km Ganga Path.
    However, the design plan of the hall, which proposes the demolition of the Lord Curzon Reading Room of the Khuda Baksh Oriental Library, has drawn ire.
    Library director Shayesta Bedar, in a latest letter to Patna DM Chandrashekhar, stated, “…The (library) board was of the view that the possibility of saving the portions of the library be explored, keeping in view the significance of the library as the biggest cultural heritage of the state…”
    Bedar stated the library, which is funded by the Union Culture Ministry, was declared the primary public library with “precious oriental collection”.
    “One of its manuscripts is inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register, and three more identified as Vigyan Nidhi, by the (Union) ministry of culture,” the director stated.
    Protesting the proposed demolition of the studying room, Bedar wrote, “If the frontal space is cut off for the proposed use of construction” by the Bihar Rajya Pul Nirman Nigam, it is going to “hamper its (Bihar’s) academic and cultural identity. It will also block its heritage structure from public view, defacing its basic personality…”
    The director added, “Generations belonging to predecessors have saved the library so far, now it is our turn (yours and ours) to save the cultural heritage from the onslaught of the new age.”
    A Road Construction Department official stated, “A high-level committee has looked into the matter and decided that land acquisition of a portion of the library can be done taking into confidence the library board. There is also a proposal of shifting the reading room. No final call has been taken yet.”
    The Khuda Baksh Oriental Library was opened in 1891 by Khan Bahadur Maulvu Khuda Baksh, a Siwan landlord, with over 4,000 manuscripts. In 1905, then viceroy of India Lord Curzon was so impressed by the library’s wealthy assortment that he constructed a studying room.
    Among the luminaries who’ve visited the library are Mahatma Gandhi and former Presidents Rajendra Prasad and APJ Abdul Kalam.

  • Amid Oppn stress over Madhubani killings, Nitish says onus on police, DGP monitoring probe

    Amid outrage by the Opposition over the killing of 5 folks of a household on March 29 in Madhubani district, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday mentioned it was the accountability of the police to look into and forestall such crimes and added that the state’s Director General of Police (DGP) is monitoring the case.
    According to police, the killings had been related to a long-standing dispute between two teams over a pond located between Mohammedpur and Gebipur villages below Benipatti police station. Five folks, three of whom had been brothers, had been killed within the assault, police mentioned.
    On Tuesday, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav visited the household of the deceased and hit out on the authorities over the tempo of the investigation.
    According to police, 11 of the 35 named within the case have been arrested. The pond is presently owned by Sanjay Singh — amongst these arrested — of Mohammedpur. The deceased had been recognized as Rana Pratap Singh and his nephews Ranvijay Singh, Birendra Singh, Amrendra Singh and their cousin Rudra Narayan Singh. A sixth particular person, recognized as Manoj Singh, is present process therapy in Patna.

    Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Chief Minister Kumar mentioned: “Whenever any crime takes place, it is the responsibility of the police [to immediately investigate it and help avert similar incidents in future]. I have spoken to senior police officers… The DGP has been monitoring the case. There would be speedy trial of the case.”
    Tejashwi, nonetheless, mentioned the incident indicated a “total collapse” of legislation and order.
    “I am not convinced with the Chief Minister’s standard replies. Everyone knows it is the responsibility of the police to check crime. The CM is also the Home Minister…. This incident is carnage…” he mentioned.

    Madhubani Superintendent of Police Satya Prakash mentioned: “The incident was a result of a previous clash between two groups last November over the control of a fish pond. Two of the 11 arrested are the main accused. The pond owner, Sanjay Singh, has been in jail in connecting with November incident (also named in current case as conspirator). We have formed a special investigation team to look into the matter.”