Gå ubegrenset med Magzter GOLD

Gå ubegrenset med Magzter GOLD

Få ubegrenset tilgang til over 9000 magasiner, aviser og premiumhistorier for bare

$149.99
 
$74.99/År

Prøve GULL - Gratis

Gangster shot dead in Bihar court complex; 2 minors held

Hindustan Times

|

December 16, 2023

POLICE SAY THE DECEASED WAS MEMBER OF A GANG THAT INDULGES IN EXTORTION AND MURDERS

A 34-year-old gangster was shot dead by two members both minors of a rival gang in a civil court in Patna on Friday, police said.

While the two assailants were immediately nabbed, thrashed and handed over to the police by the crowd, police said two firearms, live cartridges and empty shells were recovered from their possession, raising serious questions about the security system in a heavily protected zone.

Patna senior superintendent of police (SSP) Rajiv Mishra said the incident took place at Danapur civil court when the gangster, Abhishek alias Chhote Sarkar, arrived to appear before the court of DJ-III Manoj Kumar Srivastava in a 2019 murder case.

Sarkar, a resident of Sikandarpur in rural Patna, was arrested on July 3 last year. Police said the deceased was a member of Pandav gang that primarily indulges in extortion and murders. At least 18 cases of murder, attempt to murder, extortion, robbery and arms possession were registered against him.

FLERE HISTORIER FRA Hindustan Times

Hindustan Times

Delhi school girl raises ₹2 lakh for stray canines by selling organic soaps

A nine-year-old girl in Delhi has turned compassion into action one bar of soap at a time.

time to read

1 min

October 31, 2025

Hindustan Times Delhi

HC ORDERS STAY ON S.I.T. PROBE IN DHARMASTHALA CASE TILL NOV 12

The Karnataka high court on Thursday ordered an interim stay on the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into allegations of “multiple murders, rapes and burials” in the temple town of Dharmasthala, until November 12.

time to read

1 min

October 31, 2025

Hindustan Times

78% of paddy harvesting complete, 202 new fires

With paddy harvesting being completed in around 78% fields across Punjab, the state on Thursday reported 202 fresh farm fire cases, taking the total tally to 1,418 so far this season.

time to read

1 min

October 31, 2025

Hindustan Times

Hasina moves ICC over 'retaliatory violence'

With a Bangladeshi war crimes court widely expected to deliver its verdict in a case against former premier Sheikh Hasina by mid-November, her Awami League party has approached the International Criminal Court (ICC) to launch an investigation into “retaliatory violence” against party officials since July 2024

time to read

2 mins

October 31, 2025

Hindustan Times

Barakhamba heights

On a segment of the city’s contemporary architecture

time to read

2 mins

October 31, 2025

Hindustan Times

Navy gets nod for construction in morphological ridge at Cantt

The Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) has given its nod to the Indian Navy to carry out construction in the morphological ridge adjacent to Nausena Bhawan in Delhi Cantonment, saying no trees will be felled and the construction project was of strategic importance.

time to read

1 mins

October 31, 2025

Hindustan Times

Hindustan Times

'Bogey of jungle raj is just a ploy by NDA'

The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, which is contesting 20 seats in Bihar as part of the Opposition INDIA blog, has promised new initiatives for land reforms, identity cards to sharecroppers, land for landless and regular wages to scheme workers.

time to read

2 mins

October 31, 2025

Hindustan Times

'22 Delhi hit-and-run: Kin get 36L redress

A Delhi court awarded a compensation of ₹36 lakh to the family of Anjali, three years after the 20year-old was hit by a car and dragged for around 13 kilometres, killing her.

time to read

1 min

October 31, 2025

Hindustan Times

POLICE BRIEFLY DETAIN STRIKING MTS STAFF FROM PROTEST SITE

Delhi Police on Thursday briefly detained several on-strike Multi Task Staff (MTS) of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) from their protest site outside the MCD Civic Centre on Minto Road, before releasing them by the evening.

time to read

1 min

October 31, 2025

Hindustan Times

Where the jewels stolen from Louvre Museum might end up

Seven people have been arrested in the investigation of a stunning heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris, but the lavish, stolen jewels that once adorned France's royals are still missing.

time to read

2 mins

October 31, 2025

Translate

Share

-
+

Change font size