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Prime accused among 6 more held for Madhubani killings

Police arrested six more persons, including prime accused Praveen Jha (27) and Bhola Singh (25), on Wednesday for the five killings over a fishing dispute in Madhubani district on Holi.
Prime accused among 6 more held for Madhubani killings
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PATNA: Police arrested six more persons, including prime accused Praveen Jha (27) and Bhola Singh (25), on Wednesday for the five killings over a fishing dispute in Madhubani district on Holi.
Earlier, police had arrested 10 people, including nine named accused, in connections with the killings.
The incident, which took place over a fishing dispute at a pond between Muhammadur and Gebipur villages under the Benipatti police station, created a massive uproar in the state with political party leaders arriving at Muhammadpur to express their grief with the affected families.

Environment, forest and climate change department minister Neeraj Kumar Singh and the leader of the opposition, Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, have termed the killings as a massacre.
Tejashwi, who had gone to Muhammadpur on Tuesday and met the grieving family, held a press conference in Patna on Wednesday and alleged that the killings took place at the behest of a former BJP minister.
He said police must investigate the call records of accused persons to ascertain whether they were in touch with the former minister.
Madhubani SP Satya Prakash said besides Praveen and Bhola, other arrested accused are Mukesh Safi (26), Chandan Jha (27), Kamlesh Singh (28) and
Prahlad Mahto (45).
The SP said five were arrested from Raghauli village under the Bisfi police station area of Madhubani.
“Raghauli is located just on the border with Darbhanga district. They had taken shelter inside an empty house after the March 29 incident. Prahlad, a non-FIR accused had sheltered them,” he said.
Prakash said overall 14 named and two non-FIR accused have been arrested so far, adding, raids are on to nab the rest 19 of the 35 named accused in the case.
Benipatti police station SHO-cum-DSP (probation) Rakesh Kumar Ranjan said Praveen and Mukesh are from Gebipur, Chandan from Tiaunt, Bhola from Pauwam and Kamlesh from Muhammadpur village.
He said the 10 accused arrested earlier include Sonu Choudhary (25), Prashant Jha (30), Ghanshyam Jha (55), Sunaina Devi (50), Shobhakant Mehta (55), Nikhil Kumar (26), Rishikesh Kumar alias Raja (28), Rajeev Thakur alias Devendra Thakur (30) and Rajesh Kumar Jha (45).
Ranjan said police have moved the court for procuring proclamation notice against all those who are evading arrest so that steps to attach their property could be taken.
“Earlier, the court had issued proclamation notices against 10 named accused. Of those, police attached the properties of Bhola and brothers Praveen and Naveen, who is evading arrest,” he said.
BSF assistant sub-inspector Rana Pratap Singh and his nephew Ranvijay Singh were shot dead at Muhammadpur on March 29.
Ranvijay’s two brothers Birendra Singh and Amrendra Singh and their cousin Rudra Narayan Singh died one after another during treatment.
Ranvijay’s cousin Manoj Singh is in critical condition and is under treatment at a private hospital in Patna. All of them were from Muhammadpur and were shot multiple times and attacked with sharp-edged weapons over the fishing dispute.
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