Nitish Kumar to take oath as Bihar CM for 7th time with BJP support on Sunday: Sources
Patna: Nitish Kumar will be sworn in as Chief Minister of Bihar for the seventh time on Sunday, this time again with the support of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which will get two Deputy Chief Minister berths for extending support, sources have said.
The Janata Dal (United) President has cancelled all his engagements for Sunday, said sources on Friday, adding that senior BJP leader Sushil Modi will be one of the Deputy CMs in Bihar.
Intense difference of opinion was seen between the JD(U) and Lalu Prasad Yadav's party Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) over the Central government conferring the Bharat Ratna on leader of the Samajwadi Party Karpoori Thakur this week.
Nitish Kumar was severely criticized by Lalu Prasad Yadav's daughter Rohini Acharya on her personal 'X' account recently, for 'changing his ideology' and regularly shifting
sides between Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP and the RJD. Acharya also criticized Kumar for supporting parties promoting family members in politics.
Commenting on the developments, the Congress has said that joining hands with the BJP would not be easy for Nitish Kumar.
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Bengaluru: Four arrested for housebreaking, threats, extortion; fake PSI among accused
Bengaluru: Vidyaranyapura police have arrested four persons, including a man posing as a Police Sub-Inspector (PSI), for allegedly breaking into a house, threatening the occupants, and extorting money while wearing police uniforms.
The arrested accused have been identified as Mallikarjuna, Pramod, Vinay, and Hrithik.
Police said the accused had hatched a plan to pose as police personnel, conduct fake raids, and extort money from residents by intimidation.
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According to the police, Mallikarjuna had failed the PSI examination twice and later falsely projected himself as a PSI. He allegedly conducted photo shoots in his hometown, Siraguppa, wearing a police uniform, baton, cap, and shoes, claiming to be serving as a PSI in Bengaluru.
On December 7, the four accused allegedly went to the house of Naveen in the Vidyaranyapura limits, threatened him with a stick and an iron rod, and claimed they had information that he was selling ganja. Under the pretext of searching, they allegedly extorted ₹87,000 through bank transfer, ₹53,000 in cash kept in the house, and ₹2,000 from his wallet.
Following Naveen’s complaint, Vidyaranyapura police registered a case and launched an operation, leading to the arrest of all four accused. Police have seized ₹45,000 in cash and the car used to commit the crime.
Further investigation is underway.
