A 60-year-old man was killed after being hit by a train near the Balua flyover bridge in Motihari. The deceased's identity could not be established. The police have sent the body for postmortem and kept it at the mortuary for 72 hours for identification. The city police station in-charge, Vijay Kumar,...
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said the body has been kept for identification after postmortem.

On Monday, railway police arrested a mobile thief at Motihari station's platform number two and sent him to jail. The thief was spotted loitering around female passengers on the platform. When railway police approached him due to his suspicious activity, he attempted to flee but was apprehended. During a search, two...
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stolen high-end smartphones were recovered from his pocket. He identified himself as Anil Choudhary, a resident of Kishunbag Ward No. 3, Betiya Kalibag police station. During interrogation, he confessed to involvement in mobile theft and chain snatching incidents. The Railway Station House Officer (SHO), Santosh Kumar, confirmed that an FIR was registered and the accused was sent to judicial custody on Monday. He had previously been sent to jail by Narkatiaganj railway police for a theft case.

A special NIA court in Patna, Bihar, sentenced six individuals to varying prison terms for their involvement in a terror plot to derail a train in 2016. The plot was orchestrated by the Pakistani intelligence agency, ISI, who funded and recruited locals for the operation. The individuals, who were convicted on...
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September 25, 2023, were found guilty of planting an improvised explosive device (IED) near the Ghorasahan railway station in East Champaran district. The IED was discovered and defused before it could detonate. The court sentenced Umashakar Patel, Gajendra Kumar Sharma, and Motilal Paswan to 12 years each, with additional fines. Rakesh Kumar Yadav, Mukesh Yadav, and Ranjay Shah were sentenced to 9 years each, also with fines. The case was initially investigated by the Raxaul GRP and later transferred to the NIA in 2017.

The operation of the Vaishali Superfast Express, which runs between Saharsa and New Delhi, is set to be extended for the second time. This time, the train's operation will be shifted from Saharsa Junction to Purnea Court Station, catering to the demands of passengers in the Kosi region. However, this extension...
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will likely result in a reduction of reserved seats for passengers in Samastipur, Muzaffarpur, Hajipur, and Sonpur, affecting even the Tatkal and emergency quota. This train is considered one of the most VIP and preferred trains on the New Delhi route after the Rajdhani Express. The decision to shift the operation to Purnea Court Station is pending approval from the Railway Board. The Vaishali Express has faced previous controversies regarding its operational route, with initial routes involving stops in Hajipur and Muzaffarpur before being shifted to a route via Motihari, Bettiah, and Gorakhpur. The change was a result of pressure from local representatives and later, demands from passengers in Chhapra and Siwan. The current route utilizes Muzaffarpur via Bapudham, Motihari, and Bettiah, with the Saptkranti Superfast train operating on this route between Muzaffarpur and Anand Vihar.

A 65-year-old woman, Kunjri Devi, died after being hit by train number 12557, the Muzaffarpur-Anand Bihar Up Saptkranti Express, near the Motihari court gate. The gate was closed due to the approaching train, but Kunjri Devi tried to cross the tracks under the closed gate. After the accident, onlookers filmed the...
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scene instead of helping the injured woman. Even a police 112 team passed by without offering assistance. The woman later succumbed to her injuries.