Policeman dies after being assaulted by villagers in Bihar's Munger, 4 detained
Munger (Bihar) (PTI): An assistant sub-inspector died after he was allegedly assaulted by a group of people in Bihar’s Munger district, police said on Saturday.
The deceased has been identified as ASI Santosh Kumar Singh, who was posted at Mufassil police station in Munger.
In a similar episode on Wednesday night, an ASI died after a scuffle between police personnel and a group of people in Araria district.
The latest incident took place in the Nandlalpur village under the jurisdiction of Mufassil police station on Friday evening.
“This happened when the ASI along, with other officers, had gone to Nandlalpur village to investigate a case of scuffle around 8.30 pm on Friday. He was attacked with a sharp weapon on his head by some people involved in the scuffle during the investigation.
“The ASI suffered severe injuries and was immediately taken to the nearest government hospital, and later shifted to Patna for better treatment,” Chandan Kumar, Station House Officer (SHO) of Mufassil police station, told PTI.
Singh succumbed to his injuries during treatment at a Patna hospital in the early hours of Saturday, Kumar said.
A case was registered and four persons have been detained, he said.
The incident in Araria happened in Lakshmipur area under the jurisdiction of Phulkaha police station on Wednesday night, when a police team went there to nab a person, and subsequently a brawl broke out between the personnel and those protesting the arrest, SP Anjani Kumar had said.
The deceased ASI was identified as Rajeev Ranjan.
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SWR to run special trains for Ganesh Chaturthi
Bengaluru, Aug 22 (PTI): To clear the festive rush during Ganesh Chaturthi, South Western Railway (SWR) will operate special train services between Hubballi–Yesvantpur and Yesvantpur–Mangaluru Central.
In a press release, SWR said it had earlier notified Train Nos. 07341/07342 SSS Hubballi–Mangaluru Central–SSS Hubballi Express Special (one trip) via Yesvantpur to run on August 26 from Hubballi and August 27 from Mangaluru Central. The schedule has now been revised.
Accordingly, Train No. 07341 will leave Hubballi at 15:30 hrs on August 25 and reach Yesvantpur at 22:40 hrs the same day. The return service, Train No. 07342, will depart Yesvantpur at 00:15 hrs on August 28 and arrive in Hubballi at 09:45 hrs. The train will halt at Haveri, Harihar, Davangere, Birur, Arsikere and Tumakuru in both directions.
In addition, Train No. 06251 will depart Yesvantpur at 23:55 hrs on August 25 and reach Mangaluru Central at 11:45 hrs the next day. The return service, Train No. 06252, will leave Mangaluru Central at 13:00 hrs on August 26 and reach Yesvantpur at 22:40 hrs.
Train No. 06253 will depart Yesvantpur at 23:55 hrs on August 26 and reach Mangaluru Central at 11:45 hrs the next day. The return train, No. 06254, will leave Mangaluru Central at 14:15 hrs on August 27 and arrive at Yesvantpur at 23:30 hrs.
The Yesvantpur–Mangaluru specials will halt at Kunigal, Channarayapatna, Hassan, Sakleshpur, Subrahmanya Road, Kabakaputtur and Bantawala in both directions.
