Jharkhand

Hazaribag, Jan 30 (PTI) Two powerful IEDs, weighing 15 kg each, were found in a forest in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district on Sunday, police said.

The improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were found near Kharki village in Balakmakka jungle in the Bishnugarh police station area, they said.

Acting on a tip-off, police began a joint search operation along with CRPF and Indian Reserve Battalion, following which the IEDs were found, said Hazaribag's Superintendent of Police Manoj Ratan Chothe.

Garhwa, Jan 25 (PTI) An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted on a road in Jharkhand's Garhwa district by suspected CPI(Maoist) was recovered by security forces, a senior police officer said on Tuesday.

A joint security team of district armed police and CRPF detected the IED planted on a road in Beheratoli village during a search operation on Monday, Superintendent of Police, Anjani Kumar Jha said.

The IED was defused by the bomb disposal squad, the SP added.

Ranchi, Jan 22 (PTI) Jharkhand High Court has slammed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for its "laxity" in probing the murder of Dhanbad judge Uttam Anand, and observed that it seems that the agency was trying to quit the investigation and even protect the accused.

Seraikela (Jharkhand), Jan 19 (PTI) A police team on Wednesday recovered 15 pressure cooker bombs, suspected to have been planted by Maoists, along a non-metalled road in a forest in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharswan district, a senior officer said.

Shortly after the explosives were detected in Kaderango forest, a bomb disposal squad cordoned off the area and defused the IEDs, the officer said.

According to the officer, the district police force has launched a massive anti-naxal operation here, on the directive of Superintendent of Police Anand Prakash.

Chaibasa (Jharkhand), Dec 28 (PTI) Naxals shot down a 25-year-old scribe working with the Jharkhand forest department in West Singhbhum district on Tuesday suspecting him to be a police informer, police said.

Superintendent of Police Ajay Linda said the Naxals also set ablaze an earth moving machine.

After killing the man, the Naxals left behind a pamphlet near his body saying that he had paid the price of being a police informer.

Linda said that investigation into the incident is on.

Medininagar, Dec 14 (PTI) Seven cadres of the banned Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad (JJMP) were arrested in Palamu district on Tuesday, police said.

They were arrested from Khajuri village in Panki police station area where they had assembled, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (Lesliganj) Alok Kumar Tuti said.

Though no firearm was recovered from them, they were wanted in several cases, he said.

They are being interrogated and a further investigation is underway, he added.

New Delhi, Dec 12 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested a criminal hailing from Jharkhand, alleged to have trafficked over 5,000 people, as part of a money laundering investigation against him, the agency said on Sunday.

Panna Lal Mahto alias Ganjhu was arrested while he was lodged in the Birsa Munda central jail in Ranchi as part of a criminal probe of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) against him.

Jamshedpur, Dec 9 (PTI) A BJP youth leader died at a hospital in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district on Thursday morning after being stabbed with a dagger, police said.

Suraj Kumar Singh (26), the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) general secretary of the district, succumbed to his injuries at the Tata Main Hospital here.

State BJP president Deepak Prakash alleged that criminals are ruling the roost under the JMM government led by Hemant Soren.

Raipur, Oct 28 (PTI) Jharakhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Thursday slammed the Centre over the issues like inflation and unemployment and claimed that the welfare of poor, tribals and Dalits was missing from the Union government's thought process.

Soren also said that the Naxal menace in various states had come down due to efforts made by governments there.

Pakur (Jharkhand), Oct 23 (PTI) At least 29 sacks of gelatin stick were seized from a truck in Jharkhand's Pakur district on Saturday and the driver of the vehicle was arrested, police said.

The truck was intercepted near Nasipur checkpoint under the Malpahari police outpost limits, and the driver was apprehended after he failed to submit any valid document for carrying the explosive substance, Sub-Divisional Police Officer Ajit Kumar Vimal said.

The vehicle was coming from Rajgram of neighbouring West Bengal.