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  • 26-year-old Dalit girl thrashed, tied half-naked to tree over ‘illicit relationship’

    Express News Service

    RANCHI: In a stunning incident, a 26-year-old Dalit girl was thrashed badly and tied half-naked to a tree for a number of hours on Wednesday evening in Saria, round 70 km from the district headquarters Giridih. The girl was rescued by a police crew which reached the spot on Thursday morning instantly after receiving details about the incident.

    The girl mentioned that she acquired a name on her cell asking her to return out of her home at round 11 pm. As she got here out, she discovered two youths ready for her on a Scooty. They allegedly took her forcibly to a abandoned place the place she was thrashed, her garments had been torn off and she or he was tied to a tree.

    “They gagged me, thrashed me badly, tore my clothes, tied me to a tree and left. I remained there for the entire night in a half-naked conditon. People saw me there in the morning. I requested them to untie me from the tree but they refused to do so, saying that they will inform the police,” mentioned the sufferer.

    The girl mentioned that since her garments had been torn utterly by the miscreants, she was given another person’s saree to put on after which taken to the hospital.

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    “When information was received at 6:45 am in the morning that a woman in semi-naked condition had been found tied at Kobaria village under Saria police station, a team was rushed to the spot and the woman rescued. The police after reaching there found the woman tied to a tree. She was rescued and admitted to a hospital in Giridih where her condition is said to be normal,” mentioned Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sanjay Rana. An FIR beneath Sections 341/342/323/307/354 (B)/354 (C)/364/365/427/ 506/509/120 (B) IPC and three(1) (r) / 3(1) (s) / 3(1 )(w) (i) / 3 (1) (e) of the SC/ST Act was registered at Sariya police station, he added.

    Rana mentioned 4 individuals — Vikash Sonar, Shravan Kumar, Rekha Devi and Munni Devi — have been arrested. Prima facie, it seems that the girl was thrashed by the accused as they suspected her of getting a bootleg relationship with certainly one of their members of the family, he mentioned.

    “Further investigations are on taking all aspects into consideration,” mentioned the DSP.

    RANCHI: In a stunning incident, a 26-year-old Dalit girl was thrashed badly and tied half-naked to a tree for a number of hours on Wednesday evening in Saria, round 70 km from the district headquarters Giridih. The girl was rescued by a police crew which reached the spot on Thursday morning instantly after receiving details about the incident.

    The girl mentioned that she acquired a name on her cell asking her to return out of her home at round 11 pm. As she got here out, she discovered two youths ready for her on a Scooty. They allegedly took her forcibly to a abandoned place the place she was thrashed, her garments had been torn off and she or he was tied to a tree.

    “They gagged me, thrashed me badly, tore my clothes, tied me to a tree and left. I remained there for the entire night in a half-naked conditon. People saw me there in the morning. I requested them to untie me from the tree but they refused to do so, saying that they will inform the police,” mentioned the sufferer.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The girl mentioned that since her garments had been torn utterly by the miscreants, she was given another person’s saree to put on after which taken to the hospital.

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    “When information was received at 6:45 am in the morning that a woman in semi-naked condition had been found tied at Kobaria village under Saria police station, a team was rushed to the spot and the woman rescued. The police after reaching there found the woman tied to a tree. She was rescued and admitted to a hospital in Giridih where her condition is said to be normal,” mentioned Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sanjay Rana. An FIR beneath Sections 341/342/323/307/354 (B)/354 (C)/364/365/427/ 506/509/120 (B) IPC and three(1) (r) / 3(1) (s) / 3(1 )(w) (i) / 3 (1) (e) of the SC/ST Act was registered at Sariya police station, he added.

    Rana mentioned 4 individuals — Vikash Sonar, Shravan Kumar, Rekha Devi and Munni Devi — have been arrested. Prima facie, it seems that the girl was thrashed by the accused as they suspected her of getting a bootleg relationship with certainly one of their members of the family, he mentioned.

    “Further investigations are on taking all aspects into consideration,” mentioned the DSP.

  • More than 170 contemporary Covid circumstances, two deaths in a day

    Two extra Covid-19 sufferers, each residents of Ranchi, died throughout therapy on Thursday in Jharkhand, taking the Covid toll within the state up at 1016 and that in Ranchi to 211, figures compiled by the state well being division highlighted. 

    While recoveries outnumbered contemporary circumstances of an infection on the day, Ranchi continued to report the very best rely of circumstances among the many 24 districts even on Thursday. However, the variety of sufferers dropped within the district because it reported 82 recoveries towards 78 circumstances, said a bulletin launched by the National Health Mission (NHM). In phrases of restoration too, Ranchi achieved the highest spot among the many districts in Jharkhand, the bulletin additional said. As many as 750 folks have been battling the an infection in Ranchi by the tip of Thursday.

    As many as 177 folks have been discovered contaminated throughout Jharkhand on the day, whereas 213 sufferers recovered. As per authorities information, the variety of energetic circumstances dropped to 1595 after Thursday’s findings.  

    At least seven districts didn’t report even a single case of Covid-19 an infection on Thursday, whereas solely three districts – Ranchi, East Singhbhum and Bokaro – reported a double-digit-spike. East Singhbhum reported 24 circumstances towards 30 recoveries, whereas 17 folks have been discovered contaminated in Bokaro and 13 recovered there. 

    Pakur, the place the variety of energetic circumstances had come all the way down to zero on Wednesday, didn’t report any contemporary case of an infection on Thursday. The variety of Covid sufferers elevated in Simdega from 9 to 12, whereas Godda and Giridih had 9 and 6 energetic circumstances respectively by the tip of Thursday. 

    The authorities examined swab samples of 16485 folks on the day and greater than 1 per cent of them have been discovered contaminated. So far, well being staff have collected swab samples of 47.10 lakh folks and examined 46.97 lakh of them. Of the 113786 folks contaminated by the virus in Jharkhand, not less than 111175 have recovered, reveals authorities information.

    As per authorities figures, the expansion fee of the virus in Jharkhand was 0.15 per cent towards the nationwide common of 0.21 per cent. The restoration fee for Covid-19 within the state was 97.70 per cent, which is healthier than the nationwide common of 95.70 per cent. The mortality fee in Jharkhand, nonetheless, has remained near 0.9 per cent up to now one month.

    The NHM bulletin on Thursday said that it could take 465.44 days for the variety of circumstances to double in Jharkhand. In India, the doubling fee was 333.58 days.

  • Active cases above 100 only in Ranchi and East Singhbhum now

    Only two of 24 districts in Jharkhand, Ranchi and East Singhbhum, had more than 100 active cases of Covid-19 infection after recoveries outnumbered fresh cases in the state on Sunday, bringing the number of patients down to 97 from 102 in Bokaro, the third district to have a triple-digit-figure of active cases until Sunday, figures compiled by the state health department highlighted.

    As per government data, Pakur had only one active case of Covid-19 infection on Sunday and could become the first district in Jharkhand with zero Covid patients soon. Giridih and Simdega had six Covid patients each, and were in the race to bring the number of active cases down to zero soon, health officials said.

    While the state reported 172 cases against 182 recoveries, no Covid fatalities were reported in Jharkhand on the day. As per a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM), at least 108 recoveries against 71 fresh cases brought the active cases in Ranchi down at 759 – the highest among all the districts in the state.

    At least five districts did not report even a single case of Covid-19 infection on the day, while four districts registered a double-digit-spike. East Singhbhum reported 15 cases and the same number of recoveries on the day, while Dhanbad reported 16 cases against 10 recoveries. At least 12 cases surfaced in Ramgarh, while three patients recovered there.

    So far, the state has reported 1010 Covid casualties, and at least 355 victims were from East Singhbhum. Ranchi, on the other hand, has reported 209 Covid deaths, while 100 people of died of the infection in Dhanbad. All the remaining 21 districts have reported less than 100 Covid casualties in Jharkhand, keeping the mortality rate in the state at 0.89 per cent against the national average of 1.50 per cent.

    On Sunday, the government tested swab samples of 10,346 people and more than 1.5 per cent of them were found infected. So far, health workers have collected swab samples of 46.39 lakh people and tested 46.24 lakh of them. The Covid tally in the state was 1,13,025, while there were only 1708 active cases of infection.

  • Leaders, local residents pay tributes to Tundi MLA

    Political leaders including AJSU supremo Sudesh Mahato, Giridih MP Chandraprakash Chaudhary and locals of Dhanbad on Thursday paid tributes to former Tundi MLA Raj Kishore Mahato, who passed away at the age of 75 on Wednesday while undergoing treatment at the Asian Durgadas Jalan Memorial Hospital. The leader died at around 8:30 pm on the day.

    The politician joined active politics following the death of his father Binod Bihari Mahato, who was the founder of JMM, and contested the parliamentary election in 1991 to win a seat at Giridih. He later won the assembly election from Sindri on a BJP ticket in 2009.

    Following his win at Sindri, Mahato contested the assembly elections from Tundi in 2014 on an AJSU ticket to win it. However, he could not prove himself during the last polls, and lost the Tundi seat to JMM’s Mathura Prasad Mahato.

    Raj Kishore graduated in Mining Engineering from Indian School of Mines (now IIT (ISM)) in 1968, and later went on to earn his LLB degree from Chotanagpur Law College in 1975.

    The former Tundi MLA also served as the chairman of the state Legal Commission after his loss in the last assembly polls, to concentrate on educational and social work under the banner of Binod Bihari Mahato Smarak Samiti.

  • Finance Minister Rameshwar Oraon tests positive for Covid

    Finance Minister Rameshwar Oraon was among the 252 people found to be Covid positive in Jharkhand on Tuesday. Oraon, the sixth minister in the Hemant Soren cabinet to get infected by the lethal virus, was admitted to Bhagwan Mahavir Medica Superspecialty Hospital in Ranchi as a precautionary measure, leaders from the Congress party said.

    Oraon had met several bureaucrats, party workers and even chief minister Hemant Soren recently, putting all of them under Covid scanner. Besides, he was actively involved in the preparations for the twin assembly bypolls in Bermo and Dumka.

    Until Tuesday, at least five ministers in the Jharkhand Cabinet had tested positive for Covid-19. One of them, Minority Welfare Minister Haji Hussain Ansari died of a cardiac arrest. Health Minister Banna Gupta, Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister Mithilesh Thakur and Agriculture Minister Badal Patralekh also tested positive for Covid-19 earlier and recovered without complaining of any symptoms. However, Covid-infected Education Minister Jagarnath Mahto had to undergo a lung transplant surgery in Chennai.

    Meanwhile, five more people died of Covid-19 infection in Jharkhand on Tuesday, taking the toll up at 910, a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM) stated. The casualties occurred in Ranchi, East Singhbhum, Deoghar, Bokaro, Chatra and Giridih. Each of these districts reported one death each. The Covid-19 recovery rate, however, improved on the day as at least 456 patients overcame the virus in 24 hours, government data stated. The total number of Covid recoveries in the state inched towards 1 lakh on the day. As per government data, of the 1,04,940 people infected by the virus so far, 99988 have recovered, taking the recovery rate up at 95.28 per cent.

  • 10 CRPF jawans injured as truck overturns in Jharkhand

    Ten CRPF personnel were injured, some of them critically, when a truck carrying them overturned after losing control while trying to save some bovine animals in Jharkhand’s Giridih district on Friday, police said.

    The incident took place in Madhuban police station area when around 25 jawans of the Central Reserve Police Force’s 154th Battalion were being transported from Madhuban to Nimiaghat, a police officer said.

    Some cattle suddenly came in front of the CRPF truck and the driver tried to manoeuvre to save them, following which the vehicle overturned, the officer said.

    The injured jawans have been admitted to a local hospital and it is being discussed whether to airlift the two-three personnel who are in critical condition, he added.