A jeweller was shot and robbed of ornaments worth Rs 40 lakh from his store in Bihar's Gaya district, police said. The incident has sparked protests in the area.
Of the victims, seven persons died in Rampur police station area and one in Cherki police station area on Monday night, while four were admitted to the Anugarh Narayan Magadh Medical College, Deputy Superintendent of Police Rakesh Dubey said.
A suspected Maoist was arrested and six others were detained for interrogation in connection with blast by ultras leading to the derailment of Bhubaneshwar-New Delhi Rajdhani express near Gaya Railway station. Deputy Inspector General (Magadh range) Anupama Nilekar told PTI that the suspect, Badri Yadav, was arrested from Paraiya police station area in Gaya district.
Hours after targeting the prestigious Rajdhani Express, armed Maoists stormed a government toll plaza in Bihar's Gaya district, killing two people and looting weapons, a top officer said on Wednesday.
Eight persons, including five Special Auxiliary Police personnel and an assistant sub-inspector, were killed and three others seriously injured in a heavy exchange of fire between the police and banned Maoist activists at Raniganj in Bihar's Gaya district on Thursday.
Armed activists of proscribed Communist Party of India-Maoist blasted a community centre, a government school building and panchayat bhavan at Chakrbanda village in Bihar's naxal-infested Gaya district on Monday, police said.
Over 100 heavily-armed Maoists on Friday attacked a base camp of Central Reserve Police Force and its Special Armed Force (SAF) inside a forest in Gaya district, sparking a heavy gunbattle.
Twelve proscribed Communist Party of India (Maoist) activists were killed in an encounter with police when they attacked Dumri police station in Gaya in the wee hours Sunday.
Mobs took to streets, indulged in arson and stoned policemen after news of miscreants damaging two idols of gods.
The killings of Gopal Khemka and his son Gunjan, seven years apart, bear a striking resemblance, reports M I Khan.
Maoists blasted a portion of a railway track between Ismailpur and Rafiganj section in Bihar, leading to derailment of a pilot engine running ahead of the Bhubaneshwar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express.
Seven policemen were killed after their jeep was blown up in a land mine blast by Maoists in Bihar's Aurangabad district on Tuesday evening.
DIG, Magadh Range, Nayyer Hasnain Khan said an identity card was found within the temple premises on Sunday on the basis of which the person was detained.
The Janata Dal-United on Sunday condemned the road rage incident in which party Member of Legislative Council Manorama Devi's son shot dead a youth and assured that appropriate action would be taken against him as per the law.
It is understood that he was confirmed positive for coronavirus on Thursday night.
Opposition attacked the government, saying prohibition law was being used to target Dalits.
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Arvind Singh, a member of Mahabodhi temple management committee, said the two injured included a national of Myanmar and another of Tibet. They have been admitted to the Magadh MedicalCollege and Hospital, he said
The two were being taken to Gaya central jail for interrogation, Magadh Zone Deputy Inspector General Saurabh Kumar said.
