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  • Wife murdered on suspicion of illicit relationship, arrested

    Wife murdered on suspicion of illicit relationship, arrested

    Gumla. Suspecting of illegal relationship late on Wednesday night near Bazar Tand located in Chainpur police station area, the husband killed his wife by slitting her throat with a cockerel. Police arrested the accused from Chainpur bus stand. It is said that there used to be frequent disputes between husband and wife. Due to this, the wife was living in her maternal home Rampur village for a long time. On Wednesday, both of them met in Chainpur Block Mod. After this, husband Amit Toppo brought his wife Manjula Toppo (Manjula Singh) home after persuasion. Meanwhile, while having breakfast in the hotel, an argument started between the two. At 9:30 in the night, Amit could not control his anger and murdered his wife by slitting her throat with a cockerel kept in the house and fled.

    The accused reached Chainpur bus stand in the early morning of Thursday in a bid to escape, where the police arrested him. The police have also recovered the sandpaper used in the murder at the instance of the accused. Police has sent the dead body to Sadar Hospital Gumla for postmortem.

    Amit Toppo told the police that he was suspicious of his wife’s illegal relationship for a long time, due to which she did not live with him. they have three children. Two children lived with the mother and one child with her. There was a lot of argument between the two in the night, after which he got angry and executed the incident.

  • Elephants crushed three together in Gumla, Jharkhand, two died

    Elephants crushed three together in Gumla, Jharkhand, two died

    Ranchi (IANS) | The terror of elephants did not stop in Jharkhand. Elephants crushed three people together in Gumla district on Wednesday. Two of them died, while the condition of one remains critical.

    The incident is of Kuli village under Kamdara police station area. It was told that some people of the village had gone to pick mangoes in the garden at five o’clock in the morning. Meanwhile, a herd of elephants reached there. Three elephants came under the grip of the running people. Those killed include Motro Singh and Juhi Devi. Another person Bodhana Swansi is badly injured, who has been admitted to the hospital for treatment. A few hours after the incident, the people of the village and the Forest Department team reached the spot. The dead bodies have been sent for postmortem.

    Six people have been trampled to death by elephants in Gumla district this year so far, while at least 10 have been injured in their attacks. Talking about the whole of Jharkhand, 39 people have been killed in elephant attacks so far this year alone. There is terror of elephants in 18 out of 24 districts of the state. According to an estimate, this year only elephants have trampled the crops planted in more than two thousand acres of area. The number of houses and government buildings destroyed in elephant attacks is more than 200.

    –IANS

  • Maoist Rajesh Oraon, carrying a reward of two lakh, killed in a police encounter in Gumla, Jharkhand

    Maoist Rajesh Oraon, carrying a reward of two lakh, killed in a police encounter in Gumla, Jharkhand

    Ranchi (IANS) | In an encounter with the police in Gumla in Jharkhand on Thursday, CPI Maoist Naxalite organization Rajesh Oraon, carrying a reward of two lakhs, has been killed. Rajesh was wanted for a long time. His rank in the Naxalite organization was sub-zonal commander. More than one and a half dozen cases are registered on him in several districts including Gumla, Lohardaga, Latehar of Jharkhand. Rajesh Oraon was a resident of Tunjo village under Ghaghra police station in Gumla district. It was told that the police had received information about the presence of Rajesh Oraon’s armed squad in Anjan and Marwa forests under Gumla police station. The police team had gone out in search of the squad. On seeing the police in the forest, the squad of Naxalites started firing. In response, the police also took a front and fired, in which Rajesh Oraon was killed. His companions managed to escape. Although the police is still engaged in the search operation in the forest.

    Along with the Jharkhand Police, the NIA was also looking for Rajesh Oraon. The NIA had also registered a case against Rajesh Oraon in connection with the murder of four policemen four years ago at Chandwa in Latehar district. On July 17, 2022, on the instructions of the NIA, the Ghaghra police pasted an advertisement at Rajesh Oraon’s house.

    His activism was more in Latehar district. He has been actively working in this field for the past several years. His hold in the organization was gradually getting stronger. This was the reason why he was given the post of Sub Zonal Commander. Gumla was engaged in strengthening the weak organization in Lohardaga area.

    Gumla SP Dr. Ehtesham Waqarib said that both the remaining Naxalites should surrender or be ready to be shot. The continuous campaign of the police will continue till the Naxalites are completely eradicated.

    –IANS

  • Three girls died due to drowning in a pond in Jharkhand’s Gumla

    Three girls died due to drowning in a pond in Jharkhand’s Gumla

    Ranchi (IANS) | A painful accident has happened in Asni Navatoli of Gumla city of Jharkhand. Three girls died due to drowning in the Kumbatoli Tadbandh pond here on Tuesday. On getting information about the incident, the relatives reached the spot and took all three out of the pond. Gumla police station reached the spot and hurriedly took all three to the Sadar Hospital, where the doctors declared them brought dead.

    The names of the deceased are Anima Kumari, Saroj Kumari and Monika Kumari. The age of all these is being told between 9 and 12 years. According to relatives, all three had gone to school. On going to school, I came to know that today is Mahavir Jayanti holiday. All three returned from school and went out together to bathe in the pond. During this, all three went into deep water. A woman who went to wash clothes on the banks of the river raised an alarm after seeing all three drowning. A large number of people gathered on the spot. Due to the simultaneous death of three innocent people, there has been chaos among their family members.

    –IANS