Tag: Palamu

  • 18 booked for tampering with national flag in Jharkhand

    Express News Service

    RANCHI: An FIR has been registered against 18 people (13 named and 5 other unnamed persons) for allegedly tampering with the national flag during the Muharram procession at Chainpur Police Station in Jharkhand’s Palamu district, a police officer said on Sunday.

    According to locals, during the Muharram procession at Kalyanpur-Kankari,  the “national flag” was waved during the Muharram procession in which the Ashok Chakra was replaced with some Urdu text with a sword-like sketch under it. Since the flag was prominently waving, photographs and video footage of it were made viral on social media which was taken into cognizance by the local administration. According to police, intensive raids are being conducted to arrest the accused persons on the basis of video footage after lodging an FIR.

    “FIR has been lodged against 13 named and 5 unnamed persons under sections 153 (A) (B), 120 (B) and various other sections of insulting the national flag,” said the officer in charge of Chainpur police station Rupesh Kumar Dubey.

    The FIR was lodged after the social media post was found to be true during the investigation on the basis of the statement recorded by the Magistrate deployed there to control the law and order situation in the area, he added.

    Additional Superintendent of Police Rishabh Garg also informed that the matter of tampering with the national flag was found to be true and an FIR under various sections of insult to the national flag, besides hurting the sentiments of the people, has been lodged against 18 people. 

    RANCHI: An FIR has been registered against 18 people (13 named and 5 other unnamed persons) for allegedly tampering with the national flag during the Muharram procession at Chainpur Police Station in Jharkhand’s Palamu district, a police officer said on Sunday.

    According to locals, during the Muharram procession at Kalyanpur-Kankari,  the “national flag” was waved during the Muharram procession in which the Ashok Chakra was replaced with some Urdu text with a sword-like sketch under it. Since the flag was prominently waving, photographs and video footage of it were made viral on social media which was taken into cognizance by the local administration. According to police, intensive raids are being conducted to arrest the accused persons on the basis of video footage after lodging an FIR.

    “FIR has been lodged against 13 named and 5 unnamed persons under sections 153 (A) (B), 120 (B) and various other sections of insulting the national flag,” said the officer in charge of Chainpur police station Rupesh Kumar Dubey.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    The FIR was lodged after the social media post was found to be true during the investigation on the basis of the statement recorded by the Magistrate deployed there to control the law and order situation in the area, he added.

    Additional Superintendent of Police Rishabh Garg also informed that the matter of tampering with the national flag was found to be true and an FIR under various sections of insult to the national flag, besides hurting the sentiments of the people, has been lodged against 18 people.
     

  • Jharkhand’s Palamu forest: Cameras, drones and a ‘Shikari’ hunt leopard that killed 4 kids

    By PTI

    RANCHI: The Jharkhand forest department has deployed over 50 trap cameras, one drone and a large number of officials to trace a ‘man-eater’ leopard, which killed four children since December 10 in Palamu division, an official said on Sunday.

    The department has now roped in celebrated Hyderabad-based hunter Nawab Shafath Ali Khan to bag the big cat by tranquillising him.

    It is suspected that all four children including three in Garhwa and one in Latehar district were killed by the same leopard.

    The victims were in the age group of six and 12 years.

    The leopard has struck terror in more than 50 villages in three blocks — Ramkanda, Ranka and Bhandariya — of the district where people have been asked by the forest department not to venture out after sunset.

    “We are spending sleepless nights in fear of the leopard. Women and children are scared. It appears to be a curfew-like situation in the evening,” said Ravindra Prasad, a farmer from Ramkanda block.

    The Garhwa forest division had submitted a proposal to state Chief Wildlife Warden on Thursday to declare the big cat a man-eater and it had also suggested names of three hunters including Nawab Shafath Ali Khan and former legislator Girinath Singh.

    State Chief Wildlife Warden Sasikar Samanta told PTI, “There are some official formalities to declare an animal man-eater. Our first priority is to capture the leopard through tranquillisation, which is possible only by experts. Therefore, we have consulted Nawab Shafath Ali Khan to help in our effort. He is not only an expert but also equipped with latest equipment to identify and control an animal.”

    Samanta, who is also Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Wildlife), said that Khan is expected to arrive in first week of January.

    “If capturing was not possible, then we may think of killing the leopard as last option,” Samanta said.

    Speaking to PTI, Khan confirmed that he was approached by state forest officials.

    “I was told to visit Jharkhand and help in monitoring and tranquilizing the leopard. However, I am yet to receive any official letter in this regard,” he said.

    More than 50 trap cameras have been put up in possible route of the big cat in and around Kushwaha village where a 12-year-old boy was killed by the animal on December 28.

    “The trap cameras have captured various animals in the region but leopard has not been traced yet. Besides trap cameras, we are also using drone cameras but it has also not found any trace of the leopard,” Garhwa Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Shashi Kumar told PTI.

    He said that they would change the locations of the cameras on Sunday and make another effort to trace it.

    “We have also ordered three cages from Meerut, which is likely to arrive by Sunday evening,” he said.

    On December 10, the leopard reportedly killed its first victim, a 12-year-old girl, in Chipadohar area in the nearby Barwadih block of Latehar district.

    Then, six-year-old child was killed in Rodo village in Bhandariya block on December 14 in Garhwa district, while another six-year-old girl was mauled to death by the leopard in Sevadih village in Ranka block on December 19 in the same district.

    RANCHI: The Jharkhand forest department has deployed over 50 trap cameras, one drone and a large number of officials to trace a ‘man-eater’ leopard, which killed four children since December 10 in Palamu division, an official said on Sunday.

    The department has now roped in celebrated Hyderabad-based hunter Nawab Shafath Ali Khan to bag the big cat by tranquillising him.

    It is suspected that all four children including three in Garhwa and one in Latehar district were killed by the same leopard.

    The victims were in the age group of six and 12 years.

    The leopard has struck terror in more than 50 villages in three blocks — Ramkanda, Ranka and Bhandariya — of the district where people have been asked by the forest department not to venture out after sunset.

    “We are spending sleepless nights in fear of the leopard. Women and children are scared. It appears to be a curfew-like situation in the evening,” said Ravindra Prasad, a farmer from Ramkanda block.

    The Garhwa forest division had submitted a proposal to state Chief Wildlife Warden on Thursday to declare the big cat a man-eater and it had also suggested names of three hunters including Nawab Shafath Ali Khan and former legislator Girinath Singh.

    State Chief Wildlife Warden Sasikar Samanta told PTI, “There are some official formalities to declare an animal man-eater. Our first priority is to capture the leopard through tranquillisation, which is possible only by experts. Therefore, we have consulted Nawab Shafath Ali Khan to help in our effort. He is not only an expert but also equipped with latest equipment to identify and control an animal.”

    Samanta, who is also Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Wildlife), said that Khan is expected to arrive in first week of January.

    “If capturing was not possible, then we may think of killing the leopard as last option,” Samanta said.

    Speaking to PTI, Khan confirmed that he was approached by state forest officials.

    “I was told to visit Jharkhand and help in monitoring and tranquilizing the leopard. However, I am yet to receive any official letter in this regard,” he said.

    More than 50 trap cameras have been put up in possible route of the big cat in and around Kushwaha village where a 12-year-old boy was killed by the animal on December 28.

    “The trap cameras have captured various animals in the region but leopard has not been traced yet. Besides trap cameras, we are also using drone cameras but it has also not found any trace of the leopard,” Garhwa Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Shashi Kumar told PTI.

    He said that they would change the locations of the cameras on Sunday and make another effort to trace it.

    “We have also ordered three cages from Meerut, which is likely to arrive by Sunday evening,” he said.

    On December 10, the leopard reportedly killed its first victim, a 12-year-old girl, in Chipadohar area in the nearby Barwadih block of Latehar district.

    Then, six-year-old child was killed in Rodo village in Bhandariya block on December 14 in Garhwa district, while another six-year-old girl was mauled to death by the leopard in Sevadih village in Ranka block on December 19 in the same district.

  • Lalu Yadav vindicated, imposed fined of Rs 600 in a Model Code of Conduct violation Case

    By Express News Service

    RANCHI: In a major development, RJD a special MP/MLA Court vindicated RJD Chief Lalu Yadav in a case related to violation of the Model Code of Conduct dated back in 2009 at Jharkhand’s Palamu. He, however, was imposed a fine of Rs 6000 by the court.

    A case under IPC sections 188, 279, 290, 291 and 34, and section 127 of the Representation of People’s Act was registered against the RJD chief in Garhwa after his chopper diverted and landed in a paddy field allegedly owing to a mistake of the pilot instead of the scheduled helipad in Medininagar (Palamu) during the 2009 Assembly Polls in Jharkhand. The case was later transferred to Ranchi and then to Medininagar.

    “The case, related to the violation of model code of conduct against Lalu Yadav, has been disposed of after imposing a fine of Rs 6000 on him,” said Yadav’s advocate Virendra Kumar Singh. He has been freed from all charges now, he added. 

    Notably, Yadav had reached Palamu on Monday, two days ahead of the date of hearing in the court and was staying in the government circuit house during which he met his party workers and leaders.