Incidents in Purba Champaran, Bihar, India

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Event ID Date Country Event
66249-134604-341380 11/4/2013 India Red alert has been sounded in Motihari, headquarters of East Champaran District, following a report that Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives might target the crowded localities of Motihari town, The Times of India reports on November 3. Arshad Ansari alias Tabish, an accused in the serial blasts at Patna Gandhi Maidan on October 27 arrested by NIA, has revealed that he had to provide maps of the location of crowded places of Motihari town to Imtiaz Ansari, another accused arrested in connection with the blasts .
57514-113908-288562 9/3/2012 India Meanwhile, Motihari and Sitamarhi Police, in a joint raid on August 29, arrested Mahfuz Alam from his house in Masjid Tola in Motihari town of East Champaran District and recovered Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth INR 117, 000 reports The Times of India.
53256-103854-261673 12/29/2011 India Three persons were arrested with pistols and a country-made rifle meant for the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) from Mohraun village in Rohtas District on December 28, reports IBN Live.
46332-90064-226202 10/8/2010 India IBN Live reports that the Police on intelligence inputs raided the Motihari Central jail in East Champaran District and seized a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card, five Mobile chargers, several daggers and other sharp edged weapons, on October 7.
42506-81808-204355 2/26/2010 India Times of India reports that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed Basudeo Singh (55), a farmer of Hasanpur village under Rajepur Police station in Motihari District, on February 23, suspecting him to be a Police informer.
40314-77172-188761 10/8/2009 India A cache of explosives, including 300 detonators and 400 kilograms of ammonium nitrate, kept for delivery to the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were recovered from a house in the Rohtas District on October 7. Acting on a tip-off, the Police raided the house at Dhaudad village under Mufassil Police Station and recovered the explosives, Additional Director General of Police (Headquarters), Neelmani, told PTI.

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