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Caste census begins in Bihar; Tejashwi terms it ‘historic step’

Terming the caste-based headcount that began in Bihar as a ‘historic’ step, Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav said the exercise will provide scientific data for carrying out welfare schemes for weaker sections of the society.

Noting that all the parties of the ruling ‘Mahagathbandhan’ were in favour of the exercise, the RJD leader claimed that the BJP was “critical” about the survey.
In Patna, enumerator staff prepare to record data during the first phase of much-hyped caste-based census in Bihar.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had said that the caste-based enumeration exercise could be beneficial to all.

The exercise will be conducted in two phases across Bihar, an official said. In the first phase, which will continue till January 21, all households would be covered. The second phase, which will start in March, data on people, belonging to all castes, sub-castes and religions, would be collected, according to the official.

“Enumerators will gather information about the financial status of all people,” Patna District Magistrate Chandrashekhar Singh said.
Air India urinating incident | Delhi court sends accused to 14-day judicial custody

The Delhi court has sent Shankar Mishra, accused of urinating on a woman co-passenger on an Air India flight mid-air, to a 14-day judicial remand. The court denied the police his custody. Delhi Police arrested him from Bengaluru.

Meanwhile, the airline’s CEO has said that four cabin crew and a pilot have been issued show cause notices.

Three Air India crew members joined the investigation at the Indira Gandhi International Airport police station in connection with thr case.

A senior police officer said nine crew members were called, out of whom three recorded their statements on Saturday morning. Their statements will help police to establish the sequence of the alleged event that took place on the flight last November, officials said.

A special team of Delhi Police, who were camping in Bengaluru from January 5, arrested Mishra earlier in the day. He was on the run since there was an FIR against him in Delhi.

With the assistance of sleuths from the Central Crime Branch of Bengaluru City Police, he was tracked down to a service apartment in Sanjay Nagar, North Bengaluru, and was arrested from there, police sources said.

The special team from Delhi had visited his office in Marathahalli and his sister’s house in the Bengaluru on Friday but could not find him. They had questioned his sister and co-workers. His employer Wells Fargo terminated his service on Friday.

Delhi Police registered an FIR against Mishra on January 4 on a complaint by the woman to Air India.