Culprit will be not spared case: CM
Our Correspondent/ GAYA
A Bandh called by BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to protest the killing of a teenager allegedly by a ruling party legislator’s son, evoked mixed response in Bihar’s Gaya even as the prime accused remained on the run.
The Central Bihar Chamber of Commerce, members of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and a large number of students from schools and colleges also joined the protest march.
Several business establishments and shops of the city are closed since morning as bandh has been supported by local businessmen too. However many schools and offices were open and vehicles were plying in some part of the city. Large number of armed policemen have been deployed in the city to maintain law and order.
BJP workers led by leader of opposition Prem Kumar, took to the streets from morning to enforce the dawn-to-dusk bandh. Several protestors torched tires and blocked traffic on roads demanding arrest of culprit.
SSP Gaya, Garima Mallick said massive hunt have been launched to arrest the accused, the son of MLC Rakesh Yadav alias Rockey Yadav.
Meanwhile police produced husband of the JD(U) MLC Bindi Yadav and his bodyguard Rajesh Kumar before Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Sanjay Kumar Jha.
The court has sent the duo in 14 days judicial custody. Chief minister Nitish Kumar said culprit will be not spared in the case. He said law is taking its own course
Rocky Yadav, the son of legislative council member Manorama Devi of the ruling Janata Dal(United), allegedly shot dead Aditya Sachdeva, the teenaged son of a businessman, on Saturday night for overtaking his car on the Bodh Gaya-Gaya road.
His father, Bindeshwari Prasad Yadav also known as Bindi Yadav, a criminal-turned-politician, was with him in the car along with a bodyguard.
While Rocky has been absconding since the incident, his father and the bodyguard were arrested and produced in a local court on Monday, Gaya senior superintendent of police Garima Malik said. The court sent him to a 14-day judicial remand.
“We are looking for the accused inside and outside the state,” Malik said.
Bandh supporters led by NDA leaders Prem Kumar and former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi and district Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) leaders staged a massive rally and shouted logans against CM Nitish Kumar.
“Law and order across the state has collapsed and the ruling party leaders are indulging in criminal activities. MLAs of the ruling party are committing crimes with impunity and the police instead of taking action, is trying to cover up the cases,”Prem Kumar told media.
Manjhi said that the killing of the student has once again proved that the ‘Jungle Raj 2’ is back in Bihar. Demanding the immediate arrest of the culprit, Manjhi said there must be a speedy trial to ensure punishment to the accused.
Under attack from the opposition to act, Nitish Kumar said his government will not spare the guilty and law will take its course. He added a manhunt is on to nab the accused.
“Nobody can be allowed to take law in their hands. Strict action is being taken,” he said. The CM said a departmental action has already been taken against the politician’s bodyguard and he has been suspended.