Avinash, a senior correspondent, reports on crime, railways, defence and social sector, with specialisation in police, home department and other investigation agencies.
Articles by Avinash Kumar
Mid-day meal: arrest warrant against principal
The court of Chapra’s chief judicial magistrate (CJM), Monday, issued an arrest warrant against the absconding principal of a Saran school that served a tainted midday meal that claimed 23 lives last week. Avinash Kumar reports.
Updated on Jul 23, 2013 04:31 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Patna
Bihar: SAP post withdrawn from Aurangabad after Maoist attack
The district police today, promptly withdrew the special auxiliary police (SAP) contingent of 30 personnel from the MBL construction site, the scene of a Maoist attack on Wednesday evening. Avinash Kumar reports.
Updated on Jul 18, 2013 08:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Aurangabad
Bihar Maoist attack toll rises to six
The Maoist rebel group Peoples Guerilla Liberation Army (PGLA) has owned up Wednesday night’s well-coordinated attack at a police camp which left six persons dead at Goh, 80 kms south of Patna, in Bihar’s Aurangabad district.
Updated on Jul 18, 2013 06:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Patna
NIA files first chargesheet against IM
Nailing Indian Mujahideen (IM) and its operatives for continuously plotting terror operations in the country, the NIA on Wednesday filed its first IM chargesheet in the court. Rajesh Ahuja and Avinash Kumar report.
Updated on Jul 18, 2013 01:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Ahuja and Avinash Kumar, New Delhi/patna
NIA files first chargesheet against IM
Nailing Indian Mujahideen (IM) and its operatives for continuously plotting terror operations in the country, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday filed its first IM chargesheet in the court laying bare its modest origins in 2003 to present pan-India penetration. Rajesh Ahuja and Avinash Kumar report.
Updated on Jul 17, 2013 10:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Ahuja and Avinash Kumar, New Delhi/patna
15 kids taken ill after midday meal in Madhubani
Close on the heels of the Saran tragedy, at least 15 students were taken ill in yet another case of food poisoning after consuming midday meal in Madhubani district of north Bihar.
Updated on Jul 17, 2013 07:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Bishnu K Jha/Avinash Kumar, Madhubani
Bihar DGP, DIG in ugly spat over FIR
Bihar director general of police Abhayanand and a deputy inspector general (DIG) of police under him have confronted each other in, what officials said, was a spat so ugly it had no precedence in the state history. Avinash Kumar reports.
Updated on Jul 01, 2013 09:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Patna
Goons chop off 8-year-old girl's hand in Patna
Father claims two men chopped off her right arm; police produce eyewitness claiming she fell on rail track.
Updated on Jun 29, 2013 08:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Patna
Top Maoist leader arrested from Patna hospital
A self-styled Maoist commander believed to have planted an IED in the belly of a dead soldier in January this year was arrested today from a Patna hospital.
Updated on Jun 19, 2013 10:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Patna
SC lawyer accused of plotting doc wife's murder
The Patna police said here Saturday they had thwarted an attempt by a Supreme Court (SC) lawyer to get his doctor wife murdered by arresting five criminals he had allegedly hired for the purpose. Avinash Kumar reports.
Updated on Jun 08, 2013 08:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Patna
Bihar woman falls for husband's killer, marries him
It was quite an unusual scenario – a woman marrying a man, who killed her husband about 13 years ago. It was quite an unusual scenario – a woman marrying a man, who killed her husband about 13 years ago.
Updated on May 28, 2013 07:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar/Prashant Ranjan, Patna/buxar
7 arrested for IPS officer’s son murder in Sikkim
Sikkim police have arrested all the seven accused, including son of a senior IAS officer, on charges of killing Rakshit Singh Meena, a third year engineering student, after a fight outside a pub-cum-night club at Gangtok on Sunday.
Updated on May 20, 2013 06:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Patna
Serving mukhia held in 1988 kidnap case
Over a period of 15 years after he was declared absconding in a criminal case, a man contested a Lok Sabha poll and two assembly elections, before ending up as the mukhia of a village panchayat in north Bihar.
Updated on Apr 21, 2013 05:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Chapra, Bihar
Bihar officer arrested for raping minor daughter
The Patna police, in Patna on Saturday, arrested a senior Bihar administrative service officer for repeatedly raping his 15-year-old daughter over a period of time. Avinash Kumar reports.
Updated on Apr 13, 2013 11:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Patna
Reds defy CRPF chief, blow up Bihar buildings
Two separate groups of the CPI (Maoist) late on Wednesday blew up eight government buildings, including six in Aurangabad district, to protest the killing of some of their top leaders at Chatra on March 28 by their rival faction, the Trititya Prastuti Committee (TPC). However, no casualty was reported, as no one was present in the buildings.
Updated on Apr 12, 2013 05:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Patna
Women to join police force, DAP to be reorganised
The state government on Thursday took a policy decision to realise chief minister Nitish Kumar’s promise of filling 35% of posts in the state police with women in constable and sub-inspector ranks. The recruitment process to fill up the vacancies will start soon.
Updated on Apr 12, 2013 04:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Patna
In show of defiance, Maoists blow up 6 buildings
Maoists blew up six government buildings late on Wednesday in Aurangabad district of south-central Bihar and another two, including one belonging to a panchayat, in south-eastern Bihar.
Updated on Apr 12, 2013 12:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Patna
Patna school teacher charged with molestation, held
A teacher of a premier school in Digha area here was arrested on Tuesday on the charge of molestation.
Updated on Apr 11, 2013 04:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Patna
Bihar govt all set to constitute anti-terror squad
Bihar is geared to launch a specialised anti-terrorist squad (ATS), only the fifth in the country to attempt it.
Updated on Apr 11, 2013 02:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Patna
16th century idol seized from smugglers
The police have recovered a 16th-century ashtadhatu (a combination of eight metals) idol of Lord Mahavir from reportedly an international antique-smugglers' gang. Avinash Kumar reports.
Updated on Apr 08, 2013 01:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Patna
Scamsters invoke Big B's name to cheat Bihar man
Scamsters operating a 'your mobile selected for prize' con invoked the name of movie megastar and TV presenter Amitabh Bachchan to dupe a retired municipal employee in Bihar of his lifetime's savings. Avinash Kumar reports.
Updated on Apr 05, 2013 05:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Patna
Bihar woman avenges crime, burns down ‘rapist’
A middle-aged man was burnt to death after he was set on fire by a woman whom he had allegedly raped in her own house on Tuesday night. Avinash Kumar and Mukesh Kr Mishra report.
Updated on Apr 04, 2013 01:58 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar and Mukesh Kr Mishra, Patna
Not a very happy start for state Cong president
Newly-appointed Bihar Congress president Ashok Choudhary seems to have started his innings in a controversial manner, with state minister Giriraj Singh of the BJP on Monday alleging he was involved in former Congress MP Rajo Singh’s murder in 2005.
Updated on Apr 02, 2013 12:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anil Kumar/Avinash Kumar, Patna
Scolded by father, 12-year-old immolates self in Bihar
A 12-year-old boy allegedly immolated himself after he scolded by his father for stealing Rs 500 to buy himself a used mobile phone. He succumbed to his injuries while be was being rushed to hospital. Avinash Kumar reports.
Updated on Mar 02, 2013 06:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Patna
After stealing Rs 500 for cell phone, class 5 kid self-immolates as father loses cool
Kuber Mishra would have never imagined that a mere scolding to his son could result in a disaster for his family. He learnt that his action of denying a cell phone was harsh only after losing his only young son. Avinash Kumar reports.
Updated on Apr 08, 2013 10:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Patna
Pro-Pak cyber vandals hack, deface Bihar tourism site
Unidentified cyber vandals hacked the official website of Bihar tourism, heaped abuse on Indians and posted the slogan, ‘Pakistan zindabad’.
Updated on Feb 24, 2013 04:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Patna
Students enjoy day out with BRC
It was an exhilarating experience for the students of St Michael's High School on Saturday. For the first time, they were at the Bihar Regimental Centre (BRC) to witness the ceremonial passing out parade of recruits, who were to become a part of the Indian Army.
Updated on Feb 10, 2013 05:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Danapur
Bihar MLA beaten up, wife molested on train
BJP MLA, Shivesh Kumar, his wife and their six-month old baby were seriosuly injured in an alleged incident of molestation and assault by a bunch of railway employees in Danapur-Howrah express.
Updated on Feb 04, 2013 12:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Mukesh Kr Mishra, Patna
Court asks Delhi Police to arrest Bihar IAS officer
A Bihar court has directed the Delhi police to execute a non-bailable warrant issued 13 years ago against a senior Bihar-cadre IAS officer currently posted at the Centre. Avinash Kumar reports.
Updated on Jan 31, 2013 01:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Patna
Mulayam warns against use of party flags, stickers
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav issued a stern warning to party leaders on Sunday to contain the misuse of party symbols -- flag, stickers, photos of party leaders on visiting cards and red beacon. Avinash Kumar reports.
Updated on Jan 20, 2013 11:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Lucknow