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Debashish Sarkar

Debashish Sarkar is a special correspondent based in Jamshedpur. He has been covering government, administration, politics and crime among other things.

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30 steel companies down shutters, Tata Motors on block closure spree

Hit with recession in the automobile sector, Tata Motors has gone for block closure for the fourth time since last month – this time from Thursday to Saturday, besides Sunday being a holiday. Industries in and around Jamshedpur– particularly in Adityapur Industrial Area (AIA) housing auto ancillaries – are facing tough time.

Tata Motors main entry gate wore a deserted look on Friday in Jamshedpur in the midst pf four-day block closure till Saturday and will remain shut on Sunday, being a holiday in Jamshedpur, India, August 2, 2019.((Photo by Manoj Kumar/ Hindustan Times))

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Updated on Aug 04, 2019 05:56 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

3-yr-old kidnapped, beheaded by repeat offender weeks after release from jail

Government railway police deputy superintendent Noor Mustafa Ansari said they recovered the girl’s headless body from some bushes near a water treatment plant in Ramadhin Bagan area.

The three-year-old was sleeping with her mother at the railway station on Thursday when she was picked up by Rinku who can be seen on CCTV footage coolly walking away with the sleeping girl in his arms.(Photo: Railway police/Screengrab)

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Updated on Aug 01, 2019 05:57 PM IST

Hindustan Times, jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

Director of Odisha-based NBFC held in Rs. 25 crore Ponzi scam

The police said the action came on the basis of a complaint filed by Baradwari-based duped investor Satish Kumar, who has named over half a dozen accused in his complaint.

Rajesh Jha was arrested from his house in Vijaya Garden in Birsanagar late last night by a special police team on charges of fraud worth about Rs 25 crore with hundreds of investors.(Representative Photo)

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Published on Jul 31, 2019 01:22 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

SI shoots wife and her relatives over property, marital disputes

Seema Devi died on the spot while Poonam and Chandan are being treated at the Tata Main Hospital (TMH), the police said on Friday.

Suspended sub-inspector shoots wife and her relatives.(AFP)

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Updated on Jul 27, 2019 01:48 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

Pangolin, world’s most poached scaled mammal, rescued in Dalma Sanctuary

According to a sanctuary official. there are many Pangolins in Dalma Sanctuary but they are vulnerable to extinction as they are world’s most trafficked scaled mammals

Forest officials rescued this Pangolin and released it in a safe part of Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary in Jamshedpur, on Monday, July 22, 2019.(Manoj Kumar / HT Photo)

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Published on Jul 23, 2019 02:15 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ranchi | ByDebashish Sarkar

Photo on Facebook wearing stolen jewellery lands Jharkhand couple in jail

Police arrested the couple, Rekha Verma and Sunil Verma after a complaint was filed by a woman who identified the jewelley worn by Rekha Verma as her stolen jewellery.

The complainant saw photos of Rekha and Sunil on Facebook and felt the jewellery worn by Rekha was actually her stolen jewellery after which she filed a police complaint.(REUTERS)

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Published on Jul 23, 2019 01:51 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ranchi | ByDebashish Sarkar

Private schools in Jharkhand will have to pay ₹12,500 to ₹25,000 for RTE recognition

The DSE said the school authorities running class-1 to 5 schools would have to deposit challan of ₹12, 500 in the treasury as inspection charge for RTE recognition

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Updated on Jul 22, 2019 09:54 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

4 Maoists held in Jharkhand for killing of 5 cops

The arrested Maoists were identified as Sunil Tudu, Budhram Mardi, Sriram Majhi and Ramu Lohra.

Seraikela-Kharsawan police arrested four CPI (Maoist) extremists.(Manoj Kumar/Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Jul 21, 2019 08:20 AM IST

Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

BJP woman member alleges party man raped, blackmailed her

Former district president of the BJP youth wing and district executive member of Seraikela-Kharsawan district unit, Amit Sinha was arrested on Sunday evening after the victim filed a written complaint of rape and blackmail against him.

A member of the Bharatiya Janata party has been arrested for allegedly raping a fellow party worker and blackmailing her.(Raj K Raj/HT Photo (Representational image))

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Updated on Jul 16, 2019 09:06 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

2 Jharkhand doctors face action for ‘overlooking’ Tabrez Ansari’s injuries

The two doctors, Dr OP Kesri and Dr Shahid Anwar have allegedly overlooked the skull fracture and subsequent haemorrhage of alleged lynching victim Tabrez Ansari, who died at the SSH on June 22 after being shifted from Seraikela jail.

Muslims during a meeting in protest of recent mob lynching death of Kharswan youth Tabrez Ansari at Doranda in Ranchi. Image used for representative purpose only.(Photo: HT)

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Published on Jul 13, 2019 01:53 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

Class-1 girl breaks teeth after made to stand for hours

In a complaint with the Ghatsila SDO on Monday, the six-year-old girl’s father alleged that his daughter fainted after her class teacher forced her to stand for hours on bench.

The girl’s father claimed the school principal refused to meet him when he went to complain against the teacher. Image used for representational purpose only.(Rishikesh Choudhary/HT File Photo)

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Published on Jul 10, 2019 02:04 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Ranchi | ByDebashish Sarkar

Helped by official, daughters of two ex-Maoists join school in Jharkhand

Slain Maoist Sanjiv Munda’s daughter Sabera Munda and jailed Maoist Bhuglu Singh’s daughter Anisha Singh were given admission in Kasturba Gandhi Girls’ Residential School (KGGRS) in Class 6 on Friday.

East Singhbhum district,Jharkhand,INDIA, July 08: Sabera Munda and Anisha Singh, daughters of two ex-Maoists, from Jiyan village under Maoist-hit Gudabandha block of were admitted to girls residential school in East Singhbhum district on Friday July 08,2019(HT)

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Published on Jul 09, 2019 07:42 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

JMM leader held for ‘obscene’ FB post on Goddess Durga

Though Mahato later apologised in his party’s WhatsApp group for sharing the post, his party has stripped him of his charge and ordered a probe.

JMM West Singhbhum district president Bhubneswar Mahato was arrested late Thursday night on charges of sharing obscene post on Goddess Durga in Chakradharpur(Hindustan Times)

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Published on Jun 29, 2019 01:47 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

Prisoner killed, seven injured as gangs clash in Jharkhand’s Ghaghidih jail

A tussle on Tuesday had ensued between Akhilesh Singh’s gang and Pankaj Dubey’s gang on some issue. To bring the situation under control, police had resorted to lathicharge.

Undertrial prisoner Sumit Singh was referred to TMH from MGMMCH after his conditions deteriorated following clash between gangs inside Ghaghidih Central Jail in Jamshedpur.(Manoj Kumar/ Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Jun 27, 2019 07:26 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

Jharkhand comes first in cleanest toilet competition

The competition to adjudge best states, districts and households in the country was held between January 1 and 31 this year in which 1.34 crore participants had taken part.

Union minister for Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat gives away the award to Jharkhand’s DWSD secretary Aradhana Patnaik in New Delhi on Monday.(HT Photo)

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Published on Jun 26, 2019 10:03 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

2 cops sacked in Jharkhand lynching case

Police have also arrested four more suspects, taking up the number of arrests in the case to five.

The OCs have been suspended for their failure to report the incident to higher officials in time and lodge FIR of lynching on the day of the incident itself, senior police officers said.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 25, 2019 07:14 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

J’khand lynching: 2 cops suspended, 4 more held

Md Tabrez Alam, 24, died at Seraikela Sadar Hospital on June 22, four days after he was allegedly beaten up by a group of villagers at Dhatkidih.

An initial probe by the police found that Tabrez Ansari was caught by villagers on suspicions of attempted burglary and mercilessly thrashed by the mob(Photo by Manoj Kumar/ Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Jun 24, 2019 10:38 PM IST

Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

MGMMCH gears up to win back 50 medical seats

MGMMCH had appointed 31 junior doctors early this month, said Dr Akahuari. He added the appointment of tutors and senior residents, would meet the MCI standard . With Friday’s appointments, MGMMCH now has 44 senior resident doctors against 97 sanctioned posts.

State health secretary Nitin Madan Kulkarni talking to doctors at MGMCH in Jamshedpur (Photo by Manoj Kumar/ Hindustan Times)

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Published on Jun 24, 2019 03:34 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

Jharkhand man thrashed by mob, forced to chant ‘Jai Sri Ram’, dies

Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha and CPI (ML) posted videos on social media alleging that the deceased, identified as Tabrez Ansari, was lynched to death on June 17 after being forced to chant Jai Sri Ram and Jai Hanuman in Dahtkidih village under Seraikela police station (PS) in Seraikela-Kharsawan district.

Police on Sunday, however, arrested main accused, Pappu Mandal, on charges of leading the mob which thrashed Ansari mercilessly for alleged theft of a motorcycle. (Photo by Manoj Kumar/ Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Jun 24, 2019 05:14 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

No AES fever, but 125 malaria cases detected in UP’s Singhbhum district

State vector-borne disease control programme (SVBDCP) undertook the mass fever survey in 89 community health centers across Jharkhand which were found to have more than 1 API (annual parasitic index). The development came after over 100 deaths in Bihar due to AES. One person in Dumka was diagnosed with Japanese Encephalitis (JE).

The surney detected 124 cases of brain malaria and one case of mixed malaria in malaria-prone blocks, Mosaboni and Dumaria (Photo by Parveen Kumar/Hindustan Times)

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Published on Jun 23, 2019 02:59 PM IST

Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

Pathalgadi movement back to haunt Jharkhand again

Members of the Pathalgadi movement are seizing ration, voter and Aadhaar cards from the villagers and allegedly forcing them to not to take benefits of any government schemes, officials confirmed on Wednesday.

File photo of tribal leader with traditional weapons attending the gram sabha before unveiling of the stone of Pathalgarhi in Khunti, Jharkhand.(HT File Photo)

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Published on Jun 20, 2019 02:53 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

11 inmates of Jamshedpur jail test +ve for HIV

The report was prepared after conducting tests on 2,000 prisoners by ART from April to June this year.

As many as 11 inmates of Ghaghidih Central Jail in Jamshedpur have been found to be HIV positive.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 19, 2019 07:46 AM IST

Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

Doctors on strike in Jharkhand, OPDs across the state to remain shut on Monday

IMA-Jamshedpur president, Dr Umesh Khan, said all the doctors would congregate at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College Hospital (MGMMCH) at 10 am tomorrow and march to the deputy commissioner’s (DC) office.

OPD in Jamshedpur’s MGMMCH wore a deserted look on Sunday, June 17, 2019, afternoon even as doctors geared up for a nationwide strike on Monday in solidarity of doctors attacked in West Bengal in Jamshedpur.(Manoj Kumar / HT Times)

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Published on Jun 17, 2019 09:51 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

Woman returns 2 years after husband faced jail for her abduction, murder

Mausumi Das from Murathakra under Chakulia police station in the district returned after one year and 10 months after her husband faced jail on her mother’s complaint, police said on Saturday.

Police interrogated Mousumi Das and her Mother Sikha Das after she returned to her mother's house in Murathakra after almost two years while her husband had to spend three months in jail on charges of abducting and murdering her at at Mosaboni Police station in East Singhbhum on Friday(HT)

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Published on Jun 16, 2019 09:14 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

Jamshedpur’s Aniket emerges state topper, Ranchi’s Ankit 2nd topper in JEE Advanced

This year, a total of 38,705 candidates qualified for the JEE Advanced from all over India. Over 700 students qualified for the examination from Jharkhand, according to numbers received from different coaching institutes.

Jharkhand and IIT-Khargapur Zonal topper in JEE-Advance Aniket Gudipaty in Jamshedpur(HT)

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Published on Jun 15, 2019 09:19 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Ranchi | BySanjoy Dey and Debashish Sarkar

Maoists shoot dead five policemen in Seraikela-Kharsawan

The Maoists also took away the weapons of the slain police personnel and successfully fled after killing them. The incident took place during the weekly market at Kukdu.

Chief minister Raghubar Das strongly condemned the incident and said the attack symbolises the desperation of the Maoists, who are on verge of being wiped out from the state. Image used for representational purpose.(AFP file photo)

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Published on Jun 15, 2019 03:39 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

5 police personnel killed in Maoist attack in Jharkhand’s Seraikela

The attack by suspected Maoists took place soon after a police patrolling team reached the weekly market under Tiruldih police station limits in the district.

Additional director general (operations ) ML Meena said that rescue and relief operations were being conducted. (Representative HT photo)

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Updated on Jun 14, 2019 09:21 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

Half-burnt body of woman with eyes gouged out found in Jharkhand village, rape suspected

Another police officer said there were several injury marks on her body indicating that the woman could have been subjected to torture.

The half-burnt body of a woman was found in Kuidbusu village in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district(AFP)

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Updated on Jun 11, 2019 09:36 AM IST

Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

Jharkhand police rescue 55-year-old woman held hostage, branded witch by villagers

According to police, residents of Purihasa village got hold of the woman and held her hostage around 3 pm and threatened to kill her if she didn’t cure the 15-year-old sick girl immediately.

Additional police force rushed to Purihasa village after locals refused to release the woman they accused of being a witch.(Manoj Kumar / HT Photo)

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Published on Jun 10, 2019 02:16 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

Tribal lecturer held for beef posts on FB out of jail on bail

He was arrested on May 25, 2019, after remaining absconding for 22 months for Facebook posts supporting beef party in Chennai and expressing his wish to hold one such party in Jamshedpur.

FIR against Jeetrai, a National School of Drama (NSD) graduate, was lodged under IT Act and Indian Penal Code sections on June 2, 2017, on a complaint by ABVP after which Graduate College for Women had removed him from the college.(Manoj Kumar/Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Jun 09, 2019 12:46 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

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Debashish Sarkar

Debashish Sarkar is a special correspondent based in Jamshedpur. He has been covering government, administration, politics and crime among other things.

Government railway police deputy superintendent Noor Mustafa Ansari said they recovered the girl’s headless body from some bushes near a water treatment plant in Ramadhin Bagan area.

The police said the action came on the basis of a complaint filed by Baradwari-based duped investor Satish Kumar, who has named over half a dozen accused in his complaint.

Seema Devi died on the spot while Poonam and Chandan are being treated at the Tata Main Hospital (TMH), the police said on Friday.

According to a sanctuary official. there are many Pangolins in Dalma Sanctuary but they are vulnerable to extinction as they are world’s most trafficked scaled mammals

Police arrested the couple, Rekha Verma and Sunil Verma after a complaint was filed by a woman who identified the jewelley worn by Rekha Verma as her stolen jewellery.

The DSE said the school authorities running class-1 to 5 schools would have to deposit challan of ₹12, 500 in the treasury as inspection charge for RTE recognition

The arrested Maoists were identified as Sunil Tudu, Budhram Mardi, Sriram Majhi and Ramu Lohra.

Former district president of the BJP youth wing and district executive member of Seraikela-Kharsawan district unit, Amit Sinha was arrested on Sunday evening after the victim filed a written complaint of rape and blackmail against him.

The two doctors, Dr OP Kesri and Dr Shahid Anwar have allegedly overlooked the skull fracture and subsequent haemorrhage of alleged lynching victim Tabrez Ansari, who died at the SSH on June 22 after being shifted from Seraikela jail.

In a complaint with the Ghatsila SDO on Monday, the six-year-old girl’s father alleged that his daughter fainted after her class teacher forced her to stand for hours on bench.

Slain Maoist Sanjiv Munda’s daughter Sabera Munda and jailed Maoist Bhuglu Singh’s daughter Anisha Singh were given admission in Kasturba Gandhi Girls’ Residential School (KGGRS) in Class 6 on Friday.

Though Mahato later apologised in his party’s WhatsApp group for sharing the post, his party has stripped him of his charge and ordered a probe.

A tussle on Tuesday had ensued between Akhilesh Singh’s gang and Pankaj Dubey’s gang on some issue. To bring the situation under control, police had resorted to lathicharge.

The competition to adjudge best states, districts and households in the country was held between January 1 and 31 this year in which 1.34 crore participants had taken part.

Police have also arrested four more suspects, taking up the number of arrests in the case to five.

Md Tabrez Alam, 24, died at Seraikela Sadar Hospital on June 22, four days after he was allegedly beaten up by a group of villagers at Dhatkidih.

MGMMCH had appointed 31 junior doctors early this month, said Dr Akahuari. He added the appointment of tutors and senior residents, would meet the MCI standard . With Friday’s appointments, MGMMCH now has 44 senior resident doctors against 97 sanctioned posts.

Members of the Pathalgadi movement are seizing ration, voter and Aadhaar cards from the villagers and allegedly forcing them to not to take benefits of any government schemes, officials confirmed on Wednesday.

The report was prepared after conducting tests on 2,000 prisoners by ART from April to June this year.

IMA-Jamshedpur president, Dr Umesh Khan, said all the doctors would congregate at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College Hospital (MGMMCH) at 10 am tomorrow and march to the deputy commissioner’s (DC) office.

Mausumi Das from Murathakra under Chakulia police station in the district returned after one year and 10 months after her husband faced jail on her mother’s complaint, police said on Saturday.

This year, a total of 38,705 candidates qualified for the JEE Advanced from all over India. Over 700 students qualified for the examination from Jharkhand, according to numbers received from different coaching institutes.

The Maoists also took away the weapons of the slain police personnel and successfully fled after killing them. The incident took place during the weekly market at Kukdu.

The attack by suspected Maoists took place soon after a police patrolling team reached the weekly market under Tiruldih police station limits in the district.

Another police officer said there were several injury marks on her body indicating that the woman could have been subjected to torture.

According to police, residents of Purihasa village got hold of the woman and held her hostage around 3 pm and threatened to kill her if she didn’t cure the 15-year-old sick girl immediately.

He was arrested on May 25, 2019, after remaining absconding for 22 months for Facebook posts supporting beef party in Chennai and expressing his wish to hold one such party in Jamshedpur.

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