Briefly Nation: Candidate caught giving fake notes

Candidate caught giving fake notes

MORIGAON: An independent candidate for the panchayat polls in Assam was caught distributing fake currency notes among voters in south Dharamtulgaon Sunday. While he was being taken to the police station, his supporters clashed with security forces but were lathicharged away. Five fake notes of Rs 1,000 denomination and 10 fake notes of Rs 500 denomination were seized from him.

Bihar: 12-year-old dies mysteriously in school

MOTIHARI: A student died under mysterious circumstances at a Bihar school Saturday, the police said. Hours after his mother visited him, Shekhar Singh, 12, was found dead at Modern Public School. His family accused the management of negligence. An FIR has been lodged against the school's director Pappu Jaiswal and his father Kashi Jaiswal.

J'khand: 22 financial corporations sealed

PAKUR/DEOGARH: Twenty-two non-banking financial companies were sealed in Deogarh and Pakur in Jharkhand after a chit fund company allegedly disappeared in Pakur, government officials said. Pakur deputy commissioner Sunil Kumar Singh raided the firms after customers complained that a chit fund had disappeared with crores of rupees Friday. "Eighteen chit fund companies were sealed. They were asked to produce relevant documents within three days," SDO Uma Shankar Singh said.

Youth killed as coffee machine explodes

BARABANKI: A youth was killed and four others injured when a defective coffee machine exploded at a marriage function in Akbar Dedua village, the police said on Sunday. While Sudhir was killed, three others- Ashish, Lalit, Amit and Gazi- were injured on Saturday, the police said. Three among the four injured were stated to be in critical condition.

SSB to probe sexual harassment case

NEW DELHI: Sashastra Seema Bal has ordered an inquiry into a case of sexual harassment against its 10 personnel who were arrested for misbehaving with NCC girl cadets from Northeast on a Guwahati-bound train. SSB chief Arun Chowdhary has ordered the probe panel to submit a report within a fortnight. The girls were returning after participating in a Republic Day parade in New Delhi when the SSB personnel allegedly sexually harassed them on Friday.

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