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Man cycles 600 km from Bihar to West Bengal to rob Rs 17 lakh from bank

A 30-year-old man, with a history of criminal records, pedalled nearly 600 kilometres on a stolen bicycle from Basra village in Bihars Rajapakar area to Uttarpara in West Bengals Hooghly district to rob a bank. The man Pritam Ghosh robbed Rs 17 lakh from Union Bank along with his accomplices on June 5.

Ghosh was later arrested along with three associates – Sanjay Paswan, Sanjib Paswan and Tapas Das. The men were wearing masks during the robbery and assumed that police won’t be able to identify them.

Humayun Kabir, Police Commissioner, Chandannagar, said that it has come to light during preliminary investigation that Ghosh fled from a jail in Odisha and was hiding in Bihar.

He chose to pedal because he could sneak into West Bengal easily. If he had come by bus in the guise of a labourer, he would have been checked at the border. He thought he might get caught because of his criminal record. He got the idea to pedal from migrant labourers who travelled hundreds of kilometres on foot, a senior police said.

Ghosh reached Uttarpara on June 3, and called up three of his associates and formed a small gang. On June 4, they did a recce before finally looting the Union Bank on June 5 at around 3:00 pm. S Pattanaik, Inspector, Uttarpara Police Station, While the three men carrying firearms looted around Rs 17 lakhs, Ghosh was waiting outside the bank in a car. Around Rs 10 lakhs have been recovered. We have also seized one firearm. We are also trying to seize the bicycle, which he used to travel to Uttarpara from Bihar.

Apart from arresting his three associates, Ghoshs wife and mother-in-law were also interrogated since he was hiding in their house and also hid a portion of loot there.

It took Ghosh three days to reach Hooghly while taking rest in between. He was running out of money and hence he decided to loot a bank. We are interrogating him for further details, S Pattanaik said.

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Nitin Gadkari graces screening of ‘Me Vasantrao’ at Sudama Theatre in Nagpur

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Union Minister Nitin Gadkari graced the special screening of Marathi movie ‘Me Vasantrao’ – a movie based on the life of Hindustani classical singer and violinist Vasantrao Deshpande.

The screening was held at Sudama Theatre in Nagpur on Sunday evening in the presence family members, friends and the cast of the movie.

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Mayor Dayashankari Tiwari kicks off polio drive in Nagpur

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Nagpur Mayor Dayashankar Tiwari, on Sunday, launched Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s (NMC) door-to-door polio campaign drive. He, along with Deputy Mayor Manisha Dhawade visited Rognidan Centre in Mahal, Nagpur and inaugurated the campaign by giving polio drops to a toddler.
As per NMC officials, ten Zonal Medical Officers and Ten Health inspectors would visit every house in their respective zones, in order to vaccinate children between the ages of zero-five to immune them against polio.
NMC had recognised Sunday as the official day for polio vaccination. Under Polio Ravivar, they plan to vaccinate more than three lakh kids in Nagpur. They also urged Nagpurkars to vaccinate their children at pulse Polio Booths near their homes from 8 am- 5 pm, on Sunday.
NMC Standing Committee Chief, Corporator Vijay Zalke spoke to Nation Next regarding this campaign and said, This year’s polio drive is going to be bigger than last year. We are planning to vaccinate around 3- 3.15 lakh kids. NMC is bearing the cost of infrastructure and execution. The state government provided us with the doses.
He further stated that there were special teams to vaccinate the homeless during night. ?When it comes to the health of Nagpurkars, money is not a factor we should think about, said Zalke when asked about NMC’s current financial crunch.
As per Zalke, vaccination facility would also be available in slums,, factory areas and other outskirts of Nagpur.

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Congress legislator caught watching porn in Karnataka Assembly

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Congress leader Prakash Rathod, on Friday, was caught on camera while allegedly scrolling through few adult content clips in the State Assembly. This turned out to be a huge embarrassment for both, Congress and Rathod as regional channels aired the video, in which he was ?caught in the act.
The MLC member was present in the house during the proceedings of the legislative council. While the house was in session, Rathod was watching adult content on his smartphone.
However, he threw these charges under the bus and said, I was looking for materials for a question I wanted to ask the government in question hour.
?When I was looking for question material, I deleted too many messages as my phone storage was full. What the media has shown or seen, I don’t know. I would never do such things or see such things, he added.
This was not the first time in Karnataka that such an incident had happened. Back in 2012, three Bharatiya Janata Party ministers were caught on camera allegedly watching adult content in the State Assembly. Following the scandal, they resigned from the state government due to public embarrassment.

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