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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.

Updated on Jan 6, 2017 16:03 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%.

Updated on Jan 2, 2017 16:48 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

Updated on Dec 16, 2016 17:17 IST

Graft watchdog sets record in trapping officials

The office of the state Anti-Corruption Bureau on Mayor’s Road in Ranchi.

Updated on Dec 3, 2016 16:51 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 "Tribal land Acts - Chotanagpur Tenancy (CNT) and Santhal Pargana Tenancy (SPT) act against state government.

Updated on Oct 22, 2016 15:43 IST

Nine PLFI members lay down arms in Jharkhand

Nine PLFI members at the police headquarters in Ranchi after their surrender on Monday.

Updated on Oct 18, 2016 10:33 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.

Updated on Oct 10, 2016 08:36 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.

Updated on Sep 19, 2016 10:14 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.

Updated on Sep 9, 2016 09:57 IST

Once a crime den, Dhanbad has lowest crime rate

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Updated on Sep 6, 2016 02:48 IST

Sahara accused of trying to sell Jharkhand forest land

Sahara India Pariwar chief Subrata Roy.

Updated on Jul 28, 2016 08:59 IST

Sahara accused of trying to sell J’khand forest land

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Updated on Jul 28, 2016 04:37 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.

Updated on Jun 30, 2016 09:55 IST

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

Birsa Munda Central Jail in Ranchi.

Updated on Jun 24, 2016 17:15 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.

Updated on Jun 21, 2016 19:29 IST

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

Updated on Jun 10, 2016 10:00 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.

Updated on May 31, 2016 12:18 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.

Updated on May 30, 2016 11:39 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.

Updated on May 27, 2016 11:24 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

Updated on May 22, 2016 10:47 IST

Domicile protests shut down Jharkhand

JMM workers enforcing the bandh in Ranchi, even as policemen look on.

Updated on May 15, 2016 10:31 IST

Jharkhand cops unearth illegal mine, seize 600 tonne of coal

Illegal coal being transported on a bicycle in Kanke block of Ranchi.

Updated on Apr 29, 2016 09:56 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.

Updated on Mar 7, 2016 12:40 IST

Cops fighting Maoists create awareness against witch-hunting

Two Maoist rebels surrender along with their weapons before police in Chatra on Sunday.

Updated on Feb 29, 2016 03:10 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.

Updated on Feb 22, 2016 12:14 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.

Updated on Feb 12, 2016 09:27 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.

Updated on Feb 6, 2016 09:21 IST

Calamity ‘befalls’ women who enter this Jharkhand temple

A woman prays to goddess Kali from a distance in Bokaro.

Updated on Oct 19, 2015 09:58 IST

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

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Updated on Jul 11, 2014 06:04 IST

Jharkhand: Minor raped after community head diktat

Updated on Jul 9, 2014 12:56 IST

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