Purnia man kills sister and nephew

PATNA: A 23-year-old man killed his sister and a nephew with a spade at Kutchery Balua Kamla Tola under the Sarsi police station area in Purnia district late on Wednesday night, police said on Thursday.
Police said the accused, Sunil Hansda, attacked his sister Sumita Kumari (18) and nephew, Vinod Soren, when they were asleep in their house. He also hurt his mother when she intervened and tried to rescue the victims.
The accused was later arrested and produced in a local court, which remanded him in 14-day judicial custody.The family members told the police that Hansda was upset for the past few days for unknown reasons.
Vaishali hooch toll touches 5: The toll in Jurawanpur hooch tragedy in Vaishali district mounted to five on Thursday with two more people breathing their last NMCH. Earlier, three people from Dalit Tola had died after consuming suspected spurious liquor at the village on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday. Meanwhile, Vaishali DM Udita Singh and SP Maneesh visited the village and directed the police and excise department officials to carry out raids against bootleggers in the Raghopur diara area.