Manish Kumar

Bihar Government Official Shot Dead At Home In Suspected Robbery Attempt

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Tuesday August 14, 2018

A senior government officer was shot dead after an alleged robbery attempt in Patna. Rajiv Kumar, an undersecretary rank officer, was at his home when a couple of men barged in reportedly with an intention to commit robbery. When he resisted, he was shot at.

2 Arrested In Patna Shelter Inmate Deaths, Doctor And Nurse Missing

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Monday August 13, 2018

Two employees of a shelter for women with mental disabilities in Patna were arrested last evening after the death of two inmates - a 16-year-old girl and a 40-year-old woman - on Friday. Police say the officials of the state-run facility and Patna Medical College did not inform them about the deaths and that they went ahead had got the post-mortem ...

Patna Shelter Officials Tried To Hide Deaths Of 2 Inmates, Say Police

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Sunday August 12, 2018

Two inmates died at a shelter for women with mental disabilities in Bihar, their postmortem was also conducted at Patna Medical College, but the officials of the state-run facility didn't bother to inform the police. Two days after the police got to know about the incident this morning,a board was constituted to look into the medical histories of t...

In 2 Pages Seized From Bihar Rapes Kingpin, A Peek Into His Power Circle

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Sunday August 12, 2018

Brajesh Thakur, the politically-connected man arrested for the rape and torture of more than 30 girls at a shelter home in Bihar, hasn't spent much time in prison and probably wasn't aware of the surprise checks conducted around Independence Day. Or didn't care. So when a team of district administrators and police officers visited the jail hospital...

Bihar Minister Manju Verma Resigns Over Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Rape Horror

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday August 8, 2018

Bihar's Social Welfare minister Manju Verma resigned on Wednesday, bombarded by allegations that her husband has links to the Muzaffarpur shelter where over 30 girls, some as young as seven, were raped and tortured. NDTV had reported that call records confirm the minister's husband was in touch with Brajesh Thakur, the man who ran the horror home, ...

After Ink Attack, Bihar Shelter Home Accused Says "Fear Lynching"

Muzaffarpur News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday August 8, 2018

Brajesh Thakur, the man who ran the Bihar shelter home where over 30 girls were raped and tortured, faced an ink attack while he was being led by policemen to court today.

17 Calls Between Bihar Shelter Home Accused, Minister's Husband This Year: Sources

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Wednesday August 8, 2018

Trouble is closing in on a Bihar minister facing calls for her sacking over the shelter home rape horror, sources say. The police say call records confirm that minister Manju Verma's husband was regularly in touch with the man who ran the shelter home in Muzaffarpur in which over 30 girls were raped and tortured. Seventeen calls were exchanged betw...

Nitish Kumar's Terse Response To Governor's Letter On Bihar Rapes

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday August 6, 2018

After days of uneasy silence, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's reaction on Governor Satyapal Malik's critical letter on Muzaffarpur rapes was a gruff "don't know".

Focus On Positives Too, Says Nitish Kumar Stung By Bihar Rapes Furore

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday August 6, 2018

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, stung by Governor Satya Pal Malik's criticism over the Muzaffarpur child rapes, today hit out at critics, urging them to focus on positive things too and declaring that no matter what they say, he would keep on doing his job.

In Nitish Kumar's Party's 'Thank You' To Rahul Gandhi, A Message For BJP

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday August 6, 2018

Nitish Kumar's party on Sunday formally thanked Rahul Gandhi for his speech on Saturday at Jantar Mantar, which, the JD(U) said, steered clear of personal attacks on the Bihar Chief Minister.

"No Discrimination": Raghubar Das On Probe In Ranchi Baby-Selling Scandal

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Sunday August 5, 2018

After reports of child trafficking from the Ranchi branch of Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity emerged last month, Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das had directed the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights to investigate all such centres and shelter homes by August 15.

Behind Bihar Governor Letter, Nitish Kumar's Party Sees A Cloak-And-Dagger Game

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Aloke Tikku | Sunday August 5, 2018

Tejashwi Yadav had been unsparing in his sharp attacks from day one. But Nitish Kumar's party Janata Dal United had been prepared for it. It was as big a scandal as it was tragic. Nearly three dozen girls, one as young as seven years, put up in state-funded home to shelter them from harm had been raped by the man put in-charge by his government.

Bihar Officials To Face Action For Helping Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Boss

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Saturday August 4, 2018

The Nitish Kumar government has ordered an inquiry to ascertain why government officials did not act on a report of a top child rights protection body that had raised red flags about the functioning of the Muzaffarpur shelter home for girls, dubbed the house of horrors.

"Suit-Boot BFF": Rahul Gandhi's Dig At PM Modi On Mehul Choksi Clean Chit

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Aloke Tikku | Saturday August 4, 2018

A damage-control exercise in Antigua over fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi's citizenship has sparked off a fresh row between the Congress and the BJP in India, with the Congress pointing to Antigua's assertion that the Indian agencies had given him a clean chit to hit out at the ruling BJP-led government.

Bihar Shelter Home Boss Was Called Out Last Year, No Action Was Taken

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Thursday August 2, 2018

Long before an audit team stumbled across hints of sexual abuse in a shelter home this May, a team of Bihar's top body to protect child rights had sent a scathing report about conditions in Muzaffarpur's home for girls. It also ordered that the shelter home should be immediately shifted out but the district administration and social welfare departm...