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
Abducted Patna city student rescued in Madhubani
Ankur Kumar, a student of Patna City-based school, who was abducted from Alamganj area on August 18, was found at Basopatti in Madhubani district in an unconscious state late on Wednesday evening.
Updated on Aug 24, 2012 05:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Patna
Gangrape victim delivers baby, FIR lodged after nine months
It is a bizarre case of lust, dying societal and police sensitivity.
Updated on Aug 22, 2012 03:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Patna
Maoists love to have a good and luxurious lifestyle
If you thought Maoists were mere strugglers fighting selflessly for the oppressed, here's something for you to ponder over.
Updated on Jul 07, 2012 05:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Patna
Bihar seeks bail cancellation of 101 'criminals', Lalu cries foul
The Bihar government has moved the Patna high court seeking the cancellation of bail given in various cases to 101 history-sheeters and hardened criminals.
Updated on Jul 06, 2012 07:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Patna
Touched by cop's kindness, Maoists abjure violence
Dreaded Maoist Sudama Oraon and 21 fellow rebels have had a before and after transformation in jail, touched by the gesture of an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer.
Updated on Apr 15, 2012 10:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Patna
HuJI man, aide picked up from Bihar
As part of a nationwide crackdown on suspected terrorists, two persons were arrested in Bihar's Kishanganj district late on Saturday in connection with Wednesday’s serial blasts in Mumbai.
Updated on Jul 18, 2011 12:27 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Patna
Stalker CRPF jawan kills kabaddi player
In an apparent case of unrequited love, a member of the Bihar women kabaddi team was killed by a CRPF trooper on Wednesday, just a day before the state’s contingent was to leave for the National Games in Ranchi. Avinash Kumar & Pradeep Modak report.
Updated on Feb 10, 2011 11:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar & Pradeep Modak, Patna
Seoul curry: Notes from the G20 summit
By the time my plane lands at the Incheon airport outside Seoul, the small TV screen in front of me shows, 'Outside temperature: 4 degrees Celsius'. My forebodings have turned into a living nightmare. Avinash Kumar writes.
Updated on Nov 15, 2010 05:47 PM IST
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'I was concerned about my parents'
A tired and grimy Rupesh Kumar Sinha, an anti-hero of the Bihar police abduction drama, got down from the police vehicle near a temple for a tearful hug from his father on Monday afternoon.
Updated on Sep 07, 2010 01:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Patna
Deadline gone, 3 abducted cops still missing
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said, on Sunday, that he had no information 'from any administrative quarter' of the three policemen held hostage by Maoists being set free. Avinash Kumar reports.
Updated on Sep 06, 2010 01:01 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Patna
Hostage crisis sparks caste war among Maoists
The Maoist act of holding four policemen hostage and then killing one, has set off a huge war of nerves within the topmost Maoist echelons. Avinash Kumar reports.
Updated on Sep 05, 2010 11:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Patna
Maoists kill 1 cop, 3 others face same fate in Bihar
Maoists claimed to have killed one of four kidnapped Bihar policemen, Sub-Inspector Abhay Yadav, after their deadline for the release of eight rebels expired on Thursday. They threatened the other three would also be killed if the government failed to respond before 10 a.m. Friday. Avinash Kumar reports. Killing suspense | Full coverage
Updated on Sep 03, 2010 07:31 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Patna
We'll kill ourselves: Family
"When you meet him (Chief Minister Nitish Kumar), tell him what we've told you – if the government does not release our comrades, we will shoot dead your father."
Updated on Sep 03, 2010 12:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Patna
Politicos indulge in 'beer bath' in public, 5 held
Patna police today lodged a case over a peculiar offence. The case-perhaps a first in the country-involves politicians who took a beer bath in public on countrywide bandh on Tuesday to protest price rise. The case was lodged following a police headquarters directive, late night on Tuesday.
Updated on Apr 28, 2010 09:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Danapur
Extortionists operate from within Beur Central Jail
Be it extortion, loot or murder- every major incident of crime has its connection with the ganglords lodged in the Beur jail.
Updated on Apr 12, 2010 07:42 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Ramashankar/Avinash Kumar, Patna
200 Maoists attack Bihar village, behead two
An armed band of 200 Maoist rebels attacked a village in Munger district of Bihar on Monday night and beheaded two persons in public.
Updated on Mar 03, 2010 12:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Patna
Bihar cops busy with security duties
At a time when Bihar has turned the epicentre of terrorist and Maoist activities and a transit point for fake currency notes, the deployment of large number of police force in the name of security has come under some serious soul searching.
Updated on Feb 15, 2010 12:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Ramashankar, Avinash Kumar, Patna
Arrested terrorist admits to Al-Qaeda links
Ghulam Rasool Khan, alias Mirza Khan alias Murshid Khan, arrested from Purnea district in Bihar on Monday last, has admitted to his links with Al- Qaeda and Taliban. During interrogation by police, he said that he had worked in Swat Valley and Kandhar during 2004-05, reports Avinash Kumar.
Updated on Jan 19, 2010 08:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Patna
Case lodged against Tytler, BPCC chief Anil Sharma
A complaint case has been lodged with the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe police station against Bihar in-charge of the All India Congress Committee Jagdish Tytler and Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee president Anil Sharma.
Updated on Jan 14, 2010 09:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Patna
Bihar remembers Major Unnikrishnan
"Don't shed your tears. Be proud, your son has met martyrdom. Every drop of his blood will inspire other soldiers to vanquish those who try to hurt the nation…"
Updated on Aug 12, 2019 06:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Danapur
Drug peddlersrs a challenge to SSB
Drug peddlers, active on the Indo-Nepal border, pose a serious challenge to the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and the Bihar police personnel.
Updated on Nov 18, 2009 12:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Patna
Drug peddlers push border police hard
Drug peddlers active on Indo-Nepal border have posed a serious challenge to the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and the Bihar police personnel, reports Avinash Kumar.
Updated on Nov 17, 2009 07:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Patna
Patna a haven for arms peddlers?
Patna and its adjoining areas have of late turned into a safe hideout for hardcore Naxalites and arms peddlers. The seizure of a cache of firearms, ammunition and explosives from different parts of the State in the recent past has alarmed the senior police officials.
Updated on Nov 10, 2009 07:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Ramashankar/Avinash Kumar, Patna
Arrested ISI agent has easy access to Army units
The suspected ISI agent, Sudhanshu Sudhakar, arrested by the Special Task Force in Patna on Tuesday, had collected vital information about deployment of different units of the Indian Army in the country, including Pathankot and Jammu and Kashmir. Ramashankar and Avinash Kumar report.
Updated on Sep 23, 2009 09:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Ramashankar and Avinash Kumar, Patna
EX-soldier arrested for spying for Pak
Bihar’s links with Pikistan’s ISI was established again on Tuesday, when the special task force personnel arrested a dismissed constable of the Indian Army from Kankarbagh locality of the State Capital. Ramashankar and Avinash Kumar report.
Updated on Sep 23, 2009 01:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Ramashankar & Avinash Kumar, Patna
Police investigate Shresth Sanjay's kidnapping case
A day after abduction of seven-year old Class one student, Shreshtha Sanjay, a team of special police comprising officials of the District Police and the CID left for Saran to ascertain whether the family had any dispute with co-villagers.
Updated on Sep 15, 2009 08:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Ramashankar/Avinash Kumar, Patna
7-year old kidnapped in patna
A seven-year-old schoolboy was kidnapped in on Monday morning in the downtown Gandhi Maidan area.
Updated on Sep 15, 2009 12:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Ramashankar/Avinash Kumar, Patna
MiG 21 fighter aircraft crashes, pilot dies
A young Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot, Flight Lieutenant Manu Akhouri, Danapur, was killed on Thursday when a MiG 21 fighter aircraft crashed about 20 km from Bhatinda airbase in Muktsar district in Punjab. He was the only son of Col (Retired) Sanjay Akhouri of JOB Sub Area station headquarters.
Updated on Sep 11, 2009 02:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar, Danapur
Naxal encounter, seven nabbed
After nearly four hours of encounter with Naxals last evening, the Special Task Force jawans arrested seven Maoists including a woman from the dense forests of Jamui and recovered a 10-kg landmine from the area, report Avinash Kumar & Avijit Biswas.
Updated on Sep 04, 2009 08:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avinash Kumar & Avijit Biswas, Patna/bhagalpur
Angry students torch train in Bihar
Irate students went on the rampage near Patna on Tuesday, torching four coaches of the New Delhi-Rajgir Shramjeevi Express at Bihta station, 35 km west of the state capital.
Updated on Aug 19, 2009 12:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vijay Swaroop/Avinash Kumar, Patna/lakhisarai
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