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  • Strict action to be taken against those found guilty in bridge collapse: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar 

    Strict action to be taken against those found guilty in bridge collapse: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar 

    By PTI
    PATNA:     A day after the collapse of an under-construction bridge over the Ganga river in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said strict action would be taken against those found guilty in the incident.

    He also said the bridge that collapsed on Sunday had also caved in last year.

    “The bridge is not being constructed properly and that is why it collapsed twice since April 2022. It’s a serious matter. The department concerned has already initiated a thorough probe into it. Strict action will be taken against those found guilty,” Kumar said while talking to reporters here.

    He also wondered why the bridge construction work that started in 2014 has not been completed so far.

    “Why is it running behind the schedule? I have asked the department concerned to probe this also. The deputy CM is also monitoring the developments,” Kumar said.

    The 3.16-km bridge being built since 2014 collapsed twice in 14 months – first on the Bhagalpur’s Sultanganj side in April 2022 and the second time on Sunday evening on the Khagaria side.

    The incident attracted public outrage, prompting the Chief Minister to order an investigation with instructions to punish those guilty for the disaster.

    Immediately after the incident, Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, who also holds the portfolio of the Road Construction Department, on Sunday said that the state government was planning to demolish the under-construction bridge because of structural flaws.

    “It may be recalled that a portion of this bridge had collapsed on April 30 last year. We had, thereafter, approached IIT-Roorkee, which is esteemed for its expertise in construction matters, to conduct a study. It is yet to come up with a final report but experts who had studied the structure had informed us that there were serious defects,” Yadav had said.

    “Last year, a portion of this bridge had been given away in a thunderstorm, when the BJP was in power in the state. It was an incident which was widely talked about and I strongly raised it in my capacity as the then Leader of the Opposition. Upon coming to power, we ordered an inquiry and sought expert opinion,” said Yadav, in an apparent riposte to the BJP, now in opposition, which sought the CM’s resignation over the issue.

    At least 30 slabs placed on three pillars of the four-lane Sultanganj-Aguani Ghat bridge caved in and fell on the river on Sunday. No casualties were reported in the incident, the district administration said. The bridge was said to have involved an estimated cost of Rs 1,700 crore.

    A Haryana-based company has got the contract for the construction of the bridge, against which the BJP is now seeking action.

    The bridge would be the sixth on the Ganga river to connect northern Bihar with its south, reducing travel time to Sultanagnj, Khagaria, Saharsa, Madhepura and Supaul.

  • Man threatening Bihar CM Nitish Kumar arrested from Surat

    Man threatening Bihar CM Nitish Kumar arrested from Surat

    The man who threatened to blow up Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has been arrested from Surat. Bihar Police took the help of Surat Crime Branch and caught the threatening youth from Laskana and handed him over to Bihar Police. It is learned that the accused youth is originally from Bihar.

    Arrest of youth on the basis of technical surveillance

    Two days ago, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was threatened with a bomb. Bihar Police had registered a case in this regard and started investigation. On the basis of technical surveillance, the caller has been identified as Ankit Mishra. On getting the location of his mobile in Surat, the Bihar Police informed the Surat Police and sought help.

    Youth arrested from Laskana

    After informing about this to Crime Branch, Crime Branch arrested Ankit Mishra from Laskana on the basis of technical surveillance today and handed him over to Bihar Police. Ankit Mishra, originally from Bihar, working as a laborer in Surat contacted the media channel through internet on March 20 and confessed that he had threatened to blow up the Chief Minister of Bihar with a bomb in 36 hours . Although the police is questioning him further. Police is also probing whether he is associated with any political party.

    Bihar police sought help from Surat police

    PI Lalit Vagdia of Surat Crime Branch told that on March 20, 2023, the Chief Minister of Bihar was threatened with a bomb in 36 hours through the media. It was learned that this threat was given by a youth from Surat. A crime has been registered against an unknown youth at the Sachivalaya police station in Bihar’s Patna district. On investigation, it was found that the number from which the Bihar Police had received the call was from Surat in Gujarat. For this, a team of Bihar Police came to Surat and sought help from Surat Crime Branch to find the person who threatened.

    Crime branch team traced the location of the youth

    Lalit Vagadia further said that when the Bihar Police came to Surat and sought help in finding the culprit, considering the seriousness of the incident, the Commissioner of Police and the Additional Commissioner of Police of Surat asked the Surat Crime Branch to deploy a team to arrest the accused. Said. On the basis of which PSI Dodiya of Surat Crime Branch and his team were continuously raiding. Meanwhile, the location of Ankit Vinay Kumar Mishra, who threatened the Chief Minister, was found in Laskana. Specific information about the accused was obtained with the help of human sources and technical surveillance of the police. On the basis of which the team of Surat Crime Branch arrested the accused Ankit Kumar Mishra from Laskana and handed him over to the Bihar Police for further investigation after thorough interrogation.

    The accused has studied till 12th

    When Ankit Kumar was arrested by the Surat Crime Branch police from Surat and interrogated, it came to know that the accused Ankit Kumar has studied till 12th standard. He has been living in Surat for the last six years. While his original residence is Madhusudan village of Vaishali district of Bihar. Workers work in a loom factory located in Lascana, Surat. Police is probing as to why he threatened the Chief Minister of Bihar.

    Searched many numbers from google

    During the preliminary interrogation of the arrested accused Ankitkumar by the police, the phone was searched. It was then revealed that he had searched many numbers through Google. Out of which he contacted a media channel in Bihar and threatened to blow up the Chief Minister of Bihar with a bomb in 36 hours. Surat Police has handed over the mobile seized from accused Ankit Kumar Mishra to Bihar Sachivalaya Police and Bihar Sachivalaya Police is doing further inquiry and investigation. Bihar Police is probing why he searched all these numbers.