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Sanjay Sahay

Sanjay Sahay

Sanjay Sahay is a senior journalist reporting on crime in Ranchi district. He is also reporting on incidents in neighbouring districts. Earlier, he was in-charge of Hazaribagh and Bokaro districts.

Articles by Sanjay Sahay

Inter-state opium smugglers financing poppy cultivation in Jharkhand: police

Police destroying poppy cultivation in a village in Jharkhand’s Chatra district.(HT Photo.)

Updated on Jan 06, 2017 09:33 pm IST

Sharp decline in suicides in Jharkhand

Jharkhand registered 835 suicides in 2015 compared to 1,300 in 2014, down by 35.8%, the highest in the country, followed by Bihar 28.2% and Manipur 26%.(Representational picture)

Updated on Jan 02, 2017 10:18 pm IST

Engineering student burnt to death after being allegedly raped

19-year-old girl ‘s semi-naked body was found inside her house in Ranchi’s Booty locality(Representative photo/HT File Photo)

Updated on Dec 16, 2016 10:47 pm IST

Graft watchdog sets record in trapping officials

The office of the state Anti-Corruption Bureau on Mayor’s Road in Ranchi.(Diwakar Prasad/ HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 03, 2016 10:21 pm IST

Jharkhand: One killed in police firing as tribal anger over land ordinance grows

Tribals in Ranchi attend the Adivashi Akrosh Maharally expressing solidarity with the unmodified

Updated on Oct 22, 2016 09:13 pm IST

Nine PLFI members lay down arms in Jharkhand

Nine PLFI members at the police headquarters in Ranchi after their surrender on Monday.(Parwaz Khan/HT Photo)

Updated on Oct 18, 2016 04:03 pm IST

5 of Noida doctor’s family commit suicide in Ranchi over suspected family rift

The entrance to Dr Sarkar’s house in Marvel apartments, Sector 61, Noida.(HT)

Updated on Oct 10, 2016 02:06 pm IST

Damage to statues of Sido, Kanhu triggers protests

A villager shows one of the damaged statues to police officers at Bhognadih village in Sahibganj district on Sunday.(HT Photo)

Updated on Sept 19, 2016 03:44 pm IST

In Jharkhand, road accidents killed more cops than left wing extremists

ASP (anti-corruption bureau) Anand Joseph Tigga died in a road accident on National Highway-75 on September 1.(HT File)

Updated on Sept 09, 2016 03:27 pm IST

Once a crime den, Dhanbad has lowest crime rate

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Published on Sept 06, 2016 08:18 am IST

Sahara accused of trying to sell Jharkhand forest land

Sahara India Pariwar chief Subrata Roy.(HT Photo)

Published on Jul 28, 2016 02:29 pm IST

Sahara accused of trying to sell J’khand forest land

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Published on Jul 28, 2016 10:07 am IST

With spurt in violent crimes, Ranchi residents live in fear

The body of one of the criminals killed by PLFI cadre at Hundingdah forest, located on the Ranchi-Khunti border, on Monday.(HT File)

Updated on Jun 30, 2016 03:25 pm IST

Jharkhand jails track down victims to compensate for decades-old crimes

Birsa Munda Central Jail in Ranchi.(HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 24, 2016 10:45 pm IST

Jharkhand: 40 houses torched in revenge violence

A mob attacked a village about 15km from the Jharkhand capital and torched 40 houses and dozens of vehicles on Monday night, apparently to avenge the murder of a land broker from a neighbouring area.(HT File Photo)

Updated on Jun 22, 2016 12:59 am IST

Jharkhand: Six block officers get threat letters from ‘fake Maoist’

Published on Jun 10, 2016 03:30 pm IST

Child dies in Jharkhand after mistaking crude bomb for a ball

The victims were playing with the bomb - thinking it to be a ball - when it blew up.(HT/Photo for representation)

Published on May 31, 2016 05:48 pm IST

Jharkhand: Villagers kill Khunti woman after branding her a witch

Police recovered the body of a 65-year-old woman, who was beaten to death after being branded as a witch.(Photo for representation)

Published on May 30, 2016 05:09 pm IST

Jharkhand cops get training to crack cyber crime

According to police records, there has been a 28% rise in the cyber crime cases during the past one year.(Photo for representation)

Published on May 27, 2016 04:54 pm IST

Dumri MLA to be tried for cop’s death during protest

Police officer Ram Chandra Ram with Dumri MLA Jagannath Mahto (left) and JMM workers during a protest against the domcile policy at Nawadih in Bokaro(HT File)

Updated on May 22, 2016 04:17 pm IST

Domicile protests shut down Jharkhand

JMM workers enforcing the bandh in Ranchi, even as policemen look on.(Diwakar Prasad / Hindustan Times)

Published on May 15, 2016 04:01 pm IST

Jharkhand cops unearth illegal mine, seize 600 tonne of coal

Illegal coal being transported on a bicycle in Kanke block of Ranchi.(HT photo)

Updated on Apr 29, 2016 03:26 pm IST

Businessman’s body found in Chatra forest, 2 arrested

Police sources said two persons — Saryu Mahato and Kameshwar Oraon — have been arrested in the case. One pistol, two cartridges and a mobile phone have been recovered from them. Four others have been identified.(Shutterstock/Representative Photo)

Published on Mar 07, 2016 06:10 pm IST

Cops fighting Maoists create awareness against witch-hunting

Two Maoist rebels surrender along with their weapons before police in Chatra on Sunday.(HT Photo)

Published on Feb 29, 2016 08:40 am IST

Sapphire school murder: Vinay’s parents demand CBI probe

Vinay Mahto’s parents sit on a dharna organised by the Aam Aadmi Party near Governor’s House in Ranchi on Sunday.(Diwakar Prasad/HT photo)

Published on Feb 22, 2016 05:44 pm IST

Ranchi: PM’s brother meets Vinay’s family, assures justice will be done

Villagers console the mother of the 12-year-old boy who was allegedly murdered by a student of Sapphire International School in Ranchi.(HT photo)

Updated on Feb 12, 2016 02:57 pm IST

Boy dies after ‘sexual abuse’ at Ranchi private school

The seventh grader at Sapphire International School was found by some teachers at 1:30 am before he succumbed to injuries at a hospital later.(Shutterstock/Representative photo)

Updated on Feb 06, 2016 02:51 pm IST

Calamity ‘befalls’ women who enter this Jharkhand temple

A woman prays to goddess Kali from a distance in Bokaro.(Krishna/HT Photo)

Published on Oct 19, 2015 03:28 pm IST

Man tries to molest woman, his sister gets raped as punishment

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Updated on Jul 11, 2014 11:34 am IST

Jharkhand: Minor raped after community head diktat

Updated on Jul 09, 2014 06:26 pm IST

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