Hotel Fire Claims 6 Lives in Patna

 Six persons were killed and 10 injured when a devastating fire broke out in a hotel near Patna Junction Railway station in Patna on April 25, 2024. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained but eyewitnesses said that fire escalated from cooking gas cylinder.

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Patna police arrest four burglars

Patna police arrested four thieves and recovered bikes, mobile phones and cash from them in Patna on October 26, 2023.

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Police claim to have solved Bihta cinema owner murder case

PATNA: Patna Police claimed to have cracked the Bihta based cinema hall owner Nirbhay Singh murder case and arrested the alleged conspirators Akshay Kumar alias Prince alias Golu and Shreechandrapur panchayat mukhia Pappu Singh on Monday.

Police have also arrested 7 criminals related to Mahakal Gang, who took the contract to kill the cinema hall owner.

Nirbhay Singh was shot dead by some unidentified criminals in Bihta on September 15.
Police said Golu hired contract killers to take revenge against Nirbhay Singh, who was allegedly involved in the killing of  Golu's father.

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Patna Police recover Rs 5 crore ruby ring

Patna: Patna Police have recovered a costly ruby ring worth Rs crore which was looted from a local trader Baban Choubey's  Nageshwar Colony residence about one month ago here. Police have also arrested Bashir Ahmad, who was involved in the crime, here on Saturday.

Patna Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Manu Mahraj said Bashir was arrested from Danapur railway station when he was returning from Mumbai after his unsuccessful bid to sell the ruby ring there.

The mastermind of the crime Mushtaque Khan alias Goldy is still out of the grip of police. However, Bashir had confessed the police that Mushtaque was in Mumbai.

It may be recalled that a group of criminals looted the ring and other costly jewelries worth more than Rs 2 lakh from Baban Choubey's house on March 26 and escaped.

It is said that the ring belonged to Kulkant Singh and he gave it to Baban Choubey to keep it safe.

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Don Bosco Academy teacher dies in road mishap

Patna: Pal of gloom descended at the Don Bosco Academy following the death of a teacher, Deepak, who was crushed to death by a speeding Hyva truck near his school here on Thursday.

The deceased Deepak, who was on his way to school on his motorcycle in the morning, was hit in the back by a speeding Hyva. The intensity of the strike was as high as Deepak felt on the ground hitting his face hard on the road.

Some residents of the locality rushed to the spot to help Deepak but before any one could take him to nearby hospital, he died on the spot. Despite wearing a helmet, Deepk suffered serious head injures in the accident.

Police seized the body of the deceased and sent it for postmortem examination. Police also seized the Hyva and were looking for the driver to arrest him.

The news spread like a wildfire as entire school was engulfed into a state of shock and sorrow. Deepak recently joined the Don Bosco Academy.

His colleagues stated that he was a mild and soft-spoken person.

Later, school organized a condolence meeting as students and teachers paid tributes to departed soul. The school, however, was called off for the day.

School principal Mary Alphonsa declared the school closed for Friday and Saturday to mourn teacher’s death.

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High-profile sex racket busted in a Patna hotel

Patna, April 14, 2017: Patna Police claimed to have busted a high-profile sex racket running in a hotel located at Gosai Totla under Patliputra Police station on Friday and took 12 women including one sex worker into custody.

The police have also arrested 16 persons in objectionable condition. Police have rounded up 6 hotel staff members including the manager for further investigation.

The owner of the hotel, however, gave the police a slip and escaped. Police have sealed the hotel.

Most of the arrested persons were said to be students.

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Manu Maharaj said the owner of the hotel used to call the girls from Rajasthan, Bengal and Nepal on the pretext providing jobs to them but they were thrown into the flesh trade.

He said some of the girls told him that they had been exploited physically and economically by the owner of the hotel for the past a few months.

He said a large number of drugs and condoms were recovered from hotel room.

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Big thefts committed in Patna

Thieves struck at six flats in tandem of an apartment located at Khemni Chak under Ramkrishna Nagar Police Station in Patna on March 14/15 night and escaped with cash and valuables worth Rs 50 lakh. All the families of the respective six flats were out of Patna for different reasons. No one was arrested so far in this connection.
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Helmet becomes mandatory for pinion rider in Patna

Patna Police have fined 1372 bike riders for not following the double helmet rules on September 19, 2016. According to new rules imposed from September 19, 2016, helmet has become mandatory for pinion riders in Bihar. Police can now impose fine up to Rs 600 for not wearing helmet on the pinion rider. The bottom picture shows that a policeman himself broke the rule.
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Liquor bottles seized from a Patna restaurant

Patna Police seized several bottles of Indian Made Foreign Liquor in a raid conducted in a restaurant located on Fraser Road on May 7, 2016. It may be mentioned here that Bihar Government had imposed complete ban of sale and purchase of liquor from April 5 this year. Restaurant manager and an employee were arrested in this connection.
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High intensity pressure bomb recovered in Patna

Patna Police recovered one pressure bomb and other explosives set to be used for making high intensity bombs from a room in Karbigahiya locality under Kankarbagh Police Station area in Patna on February 5, 2016. Police also arrested two persons in this connection. The bombs were being made to extract money from local traders threatening them to blow up their shops.
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