Holi’s vibrant colors in Bihar were stained with blood in Naugachia when a lover’s clandestine meeting ended in a hail of bullets. Two friends lay dead, their bodies riddled with gunshot wounds, while the main suspect in the affair fled for his life. Five family members now in custody as police unravel the motive rooted in passionate betrayal.
Details emerged from Tetari Zero Mile, Naugachia jurisdiction. Ajesh Kumar from Khagaria’s Pasraha had nurtured a deep romance with a young woman from Parbatta’s Borya village. During the Holi festivities, he teamed up with pals Gulshan and Neeraj, basing themselves at a relative’s home in Borbas.
Under cover of holiday revelry, Ajesh slipped into the girl’s empty house and into her room. His friends kept watch outside, ensuring privacy. Disaster struck when her brothers and relatives arrived unexpectedly, catching the couple red-handed.
Enraged, they seized Ajesh and his guards, beating them mercilessly before hauling them to a secluded banana grove near Kalbaliya stream. There, in a premeditated attack, they opened fire. Gulshan and Neeraj succumbed instantly; Ajesh, wounded badly, staggered away to safety.
To cover tracks, the assailants tossed the corpses roadside. Dawn revealed the grim scene, alerting authorities. Naugachia SP mobilized an SIT, which leveraged tech and tips to nab the quintet—Nitish, Akhilesh (Rubal), Sanjo Devi, Devo, and Vijay Mandal—in record time.
This honor killing highlights simmering tensions in Bihar’s villages, where love across boundaries invites violent retribution. Cops are grilling suspects and hunting arms, vowing justice for the slain duo whose lives were cut short on a day meant for joy.