The court of principal district and sessions judge in Chaibasa sentenced Shukhlal Pingua to life imprisonment after convicting him under IPC sections 302 (murder) and 201 (disappearance of evidence).
The mother of the 15-year-old boy lodged an FIR in this regard at Rikhiya police station and alleged that her son fell unconscious while standing in the scorching sun. The school management, however, denied the allegation.
The deceased, Richard and Melanie Minz, succumbed to their injuries, while their daughter Teresa is struggling for her life in a hospital in Ranchi.
It was observed that about 3 to 4 coal blocks in the state will get mine opening permission and coal production will start from four coal blocks during this financial year, a Ministry of Coal statement said on Tuesday.
Soren on Monday tabled a confidence motion in the Assembly amid a politcal uncertainty created by the Opposition BJP.
The session has been called after the Jharkhand Cabinet recently approved the motion to hold a special Assembly session on Monday.
Transporters will not have to wait for long hours to get entry to the city as trucks will easily reach the transport nagar, a parking lot for heavy vehicles, bypassing the main thoroughfares of the state’s capital, he said.
Vivek Anand Baskey, a government official and friend of Patra’s son Aayushman, who filed the complaint on the basis of which the 29-year-old tribal girl was rescued by police, also claimed that the mother had tried to have her son committed to a mental hospital.
The governor’s Delhi visit has triggered further speculations as Bais, during his meeting with a UPA delegation on Thursday, said that he will clear all doubts soon.
The Maoist sub-zonal commander Ravindra Mehta alias Chota Vyas was arrested on Wednesday from Budikhand village under Majhiaon police station in Garwa district, the police said.
JMM spokesperson Vinod Kumar Pandey later told reporters that a delegation of the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coalition will meet Bais at the designated time.
Fifty families of the Mushar community living in Tongri Pahadi in Pandu police station area were allegedly assaulted and driven out of the village on Monday.
The minor was attacked on August 5 and undergoing treatment at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Ranchi.
The committee said that the girl was a minor as per the class 10 board examination mark sheet and not an adult as claimed by the police.
Patra was suspended by BJP after a video of the woman, Sunita, narrating her ordeal, went viral on social media with demands for Patra’s arrest.
The girl has been referred to AIIMS, Delhi by the medical board at Rajendra Imstitute of Medical Sciences where she is currently under treatment.
The accused, 26, was arrested on Monday and sent to jail following a complaint lodged by the victim at Narkopi police station, Ranchi Superintendent of Police (Rural) Naushad Alam told PTI.
Ankita Singh was cremated on Monday morning. Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday ordered the Dumka administration to provide Rs 10 lakh assistance to the kin of the girl.
Meanwhile, Congress leader and Health Minister Banna Gupta on Saturday said a conspiracy was hatched to destabilize the government in the state.
After a series of meetings, coalition partners JMM, Congress and RJD in a joint press conference urged Governor Ramesh Bais to clear the confusion prevailing in the state for the past few days.
A meeting of the Congress Legislature Party was held on Saturday evening to deliberate on strategy for further course of action. The meeting was presided over by Congress general secretary in charge Avinash Pande.
Soren is currently riding out a political storm which has been whipped up after the Election Commission sent a report to the Governor of Jharkhand which is believed to have recommended his disqualification as an MLA as a mining lease given to him was renewed during his tenure as the state’s chief minister.
The state chief had called a meeting on Friday of the MLAs of the UPA coalition at his residence in Ranchi. State Congress President Rajesh Thakur confirmed the details and said that the meeting comes amid the recent political developments in the state.
The legislators of the ruling JMM-Congress-RJD coalition, who had held marathon meetings on Friday morning and evening, will again meet around 11 AM on Saturday to chalk out further strategies.
Nishikant Dubey asserted that Assembly should be dissolved and fresh elections should be conducted.