This story is from February 1, 2021

Cops red-faced as two brothers killed in Nalanda

Two brothers from a scheduled caste family were brutally killed at a village in Nalanda district in the wee hours of Sunday, inviting sharp criticism from Chirag Paswan-led LJP which accused the government of failing to protect the lives of the Mahadalits.
Cops red-faced as two brothers killed in Nalanda
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BIHARSHARIF/PATNA: Two brothers from a scheduled caste family were brutally killed at a village in Nalanda district in the wee hours of Sunday, inviting sharp criticism from Chirag Paswan-led LJP which accused the government of failing to protect the lives of the Mahadalits.
Police said the bodies of Ajay Kumar Paswan alias Bhola (27) and his younger brother Ranjit Kumar Paswan alias Titu (24), both autorickshaw drivers, were recovered from the outskirts of Kushahar village under the Bind police station area around 6.30am.
The two were residents of the neighbouring Rasulpur village.
As the news about the double murder spread in the area, locals blocked the Bihta-Sarmera road and disrupted vehicular traffic for several hours.
The victims’ family members told police that the accused called the two brothers on the pretext of hiring their autorickshaws for ferrying passengers around 3am on Sunday. However, their bodies with throats slit with sharp-edged weapons were found a couple of hours later.
According to the victims’ family, the duo had an altercation with some youths belonging to another hamlet over washing of their vehicles on January 17. The matter was reported to the police then. The dispute was, however, resolved after the intervention of the police.
Biharsharif SDPO Shibli Nomani said 10 people have been named as accused in the FIR lodged with the Bind police station in connection with the incident. “Raids are on to arrest the accused,” he added.

Police personnel had to face the ire of the locals as they did not allow them to lift the bodies for postmortem. The locals were demanding a compensation of Rs.50 lakh to the next of kin of the deceased.
SHO of Bind police station Abhay Kumar said the bodies were sent to the sadar hospital at Biharsharif for autopsy after intervention of senior police officers.
Meanwhile, taking a swipe at the state government for the fast deteriorating law and order in the state, LJP spokesperson Sanjay Paswan said the members of the Dalit community were feeling unsafe due to frequent attacks on them. “The government has failed to discharge its duty properly. CM Nitish Kumar should resign on moral grounds,” he said.
Notably, the state government has made provisions for payment of compensation to the members of the Mahadalit community in the case of their murders.
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