Rs 16.56 lakh distributed among surrendered Maoists
Muzaffarpur: The Bihar government on Saturday distributed cheques worth Rs 16.56 lakh among 36 surrendered Maoists here. Muzaffarpur Zonal Inspector General (IG) Paras Nath and District Magistrate Anupam Kumar handed over cheques of Rs 46,000 to each of the surrendered Maoists. “These persons were earlier involved in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) but had surrendered before the police. According to the Union and state government policies, we provide them a sum of Rs 3,000 per month and Rs 10,000 as encouragement money. The cheques that we gave them today included these two components for the last one year,” the IG said. (PTI)
Spiritual leader attacked and threatened, two arrested
Amethi: A spiritual leader was allegedly attacked and threatened by two persons here, following which the accused have been arrested, police said Saturday. The incident took place Friday when Dharma Guru Mauni Maharaj of Sagra Ashram was returning from Nasirabad after a religious ceremony, Circle Officer Gauriganj Navin Singh said. His vehicle was forcibly stopped near Hardo village on Nasirabad-Hardo road by the two accused, who attacked him and threatened him of dire consequences, Singh added. The two accused, one from Gandhinagar and another from Gauspur village, were arrested by Jais police Friday and booked for preventive action under section 151 (arrest to prevent the commission of cognisable offences) of IPC, he said. The police is watchful of any untoward incident in the area and further investigation is on, police said. (PTI)
30 bombs recovered from a pond in Bihar
Kishanganj (Bihar): Police Saturday recovered 30 bombs from a village pond in Kishanganj district after local residents informed about them. The recovered bombs were kept in a sack and dumped in a pond at Matiari village under Pothia police station of the district, police said. The bombs somehow became loose and surfaced on the water. “The recovered bombs were country-made but powerful ones. They had become inactive after being in water for a long time. It seems criminals had dumped them in the pond either to hide or to escape from being caught by the police,” said Pothia Station House Officer (SHO) Akhilesh Kumar. He said that the gang of criminals had come from West Bengal to commit crimes and could have dumped the remaining bombs in the pond while trying to escape from the area. (PTI)