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  • Jharkhand cracks down on crime

    Jharkhand DGP M.V. Rao has shared his personal number in the social media for people to inform him directly about organised criminal gangs, indicating the state police’s strong resolve to launch intensive operations against crime.

    The 1987 batch IPS officer, who took over as the DGP earlier this year, has in a tweet posted separately in Hindi and English on Wednesday morning, said, “Intensive and targeted operations against the organised criminal gangs are yielding desired results. I seek the public participation in Jharkhand police endeavours in creating a safer environment. Please share information on criminals. My contact number 09431106363.”

    Sources in the state CID revealed that the top brass of the police department had discussed a multi-pronged intensive operation against the 40-odd criminal gangs, some of whose leaders operate from behind the bars, in different districts of the state.

    The development follows recent incidents of carnage at Latehar by jailed gangster Sujit Sinha’s men and Maoist splinter outfit Peoples’ Liberation Front of India (PLFI).

    “With rebels joining hands with criminals we wanted to redo our strategy to put an end to criminal gangs. Primarily, the criminal gangs in Jharkhand are involved in extorting money from contractors and fixing tenders. Once we have culled out information about criminal gangs, we will have a multi-pronged strategy against them,” the senior CID official added.

    There are 40 criminal gangs, which are active in the 24 districts of the state. Out of them, most of the groups are in the industrial hub of Jamshedpur (eight) and capital Ranchi (eight).

  • Two years on, honey plant at Latehar remains non-operational

    The honey processing plant set up at the densely Maoist-infested, remote locality of the Domakharn village under the Garu block continues to be non-operational even after two years of its inauguration.

    Abu Imran, the Deputy Commissioner of Latehar, a district which covers Domrakharn, said the issue has been brought to his notice and he has directed the BDO of Garu, Tutu Dilip, to find out the reason why no work had started in the honey refining plant in all these years.

    He informed that according to the preliminary reports, a possible lack of infrastructure was keeping the plant non-operational.

    The executive engineer of electricity claimed that there was no issue of power supply in the area, and neither was water, Imran said.

    The plant was set up to collect honey for processing, the DC said.

    The executive engineer of electricity claimed that there was no issue of power supply in the area, and neither was water, Imran said.

    The plant was set up to collect honey for processing, the DC said.

    The Jharkhand Marketing Cooperative Federation had, in 2019, offered financial aid to set up the plant, Tutu Dilip informed, adding that he has no idea what the estimated cost of the plant was.

    Garu Madhu Sah Van Utpadak Sahyog Samiti was the user agency for this plant, but they have shown no interest in starting any work here.

    Though Domakharn is a remote area with no cell phone connectivity and a Maoist hotspot, the Garu block, which encompasses the area, is rich in honey and kendu leaves used for making bidi in Uttar Pradesh. 

    The distance between Latehar district town and Domrakharn is around 60 kilometers.

    S Oraon, a tribal residing at Garu, informed that the women of his community refused to collect honey for the plant as they were not sure of the wages they would be getting for their work.

    According to sources, big companies have their agents in the area, who collect honey straight from the tribals, and then send it to UP for aggressive marketing.

    The locals say that Maoists rely upon honey hugely, as they try to increase their immunity by consuming it. According to them, the rebels use it to shield themselves from Covid-19, as no one including the police has ever heard of a Maoist suffering from the infection.

  • Four Covid deaths in Jharkhand, number of active cases below 4,000 after 4 months

    RANCHI: Jharkhand recorded four Covid deaths, 269 new infections and 606 recoveries on Thursday, taking the state’s cumulative caseload to 1,05,493. Of these, 3,668 are active cases — the lowest since July 22 — 1,00,908 have recovered and 917 have died. Ranchi, Chatra, Latehar, Palamu reported one death each.
    Of the 269 cases detected on Thursday, 65 were from Ranchi while East Singhbhum reported 49 and Dhanbad reported 43 patients each.

    The number of active cases in Latehar and Giridih fell to 18 and 19 respectively, indicating that these two districts could become Covid-free if precautionary measures are followed strictly. Ranchi and East Singhbhum too reported a decline with 1,116 and 1,012 cases respectively.