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  • Honour killing: Lady sarpanch kills daughter, driver over alleged love affair in Bihar

    Express News Service

    PATNA: In a suspected case of honour killing in Bihar, the bodies of a couple have been found on a railway track three km east of Begusarai railway station. 

    Police said that the deceased has been identified as Ramnunu Paswan (25), a native of Rajapur Dumri under Lakho police station limits and the sarpanch’s daughter Rupam Kumari, a native of Ayodhya Bari village.

    The woman victim’s mother Anita Devi, who is a sarpanch, claimed that the couple committed suicide. “We have nothing to do with the twin murder. Both my daughter and the man, who was our driver, were having a love affair for a long time. When we came to know about it, we sacked him from the job. Later, both of them entered into a suicide pact and killed themselves,” she said. 

    Police said Ramnunu was working as a driver at the home of the sarpanch for the last several years and he fell in love with her (sarpanch’s) daughter and continued to meet her even after he was sacked from the job.

    It is widely believed that the sarpanch masterminded the murder of her daughter as she allegedly called the driver on the pretext of offloading sand from a tractor trolley. When the driver came to her house, the sarpanch and her accomplices thrashed him to death. 

    While people were agitating over the twin murders, the parents of the girl surrendered at Lakho police station. Police are interrogating them to unravel the truth behind the twin murders. 

    PATNA: In a suspected case of honour killing in Bihar, the bodies of a couple have been found on a railway track three km east of Begusarai railway station. 

    Police said that the deceased has been identified as Ramnunu Paswan (25), a native of Rajapur Dumri under Lakho police station limits and the sarpanch’s daughter Rupam Kumari, a native of Ayodhya Bari village.

    The woman victim’s mother Anita Devi, who is a sarpanch, claimed that the couple committed suicide. “We have nothing to do with the twin murder. Both my daughter and the man, who was our driver, were having a love affair for a long time. When we came to know about it, we sacked him from the job. Later, both of them entered into a suicide pact and killed themselves,” she said. 

    Police said Ramnunu was working as a driver at the home of the sarpanch for the last several years and he fell in love with her (sarpanch’s) daughter and continued to meet her even after he was sacked from the job.

    It is widely believed that the sarpanch masterminded the murder of her daughter as she allegedly called the driver on the pretext of offloading sand from a tractor trolley. When the driver came to her house, the sarpanch and her accomplices thrashed him to death. 

    While people were agitating over the twin murders, the parents of the girl surrendered at Lakho police station. Police are interrogating them to unravel the truth behind the twin murders. 

  • Bihar: Body dragged to hospital with rope for post-mortem, police officer suspended

    By PTI

    BEGUSARAI: A sub-inspector (SI) of police in Bihar’s Begusarai district was suspended on Saturday after a video went viral in which the body of a man was seen dragged by a rope to the hospital for post-mortem, triggering an outrage, officials said.

    The body of an unidentified person was found on the roadside in Nipania village in Lakho police post area on Wednesday, they said.

    “Anil Kumar Singh, the sub-inspector, was asked to probe the matter and also take the body for post-mortem examination. He engaged two sanitation workers who dragged the body with a rope while taking it to Begusarai Sadar Hospital for the postmortem,” Superintendent of Police Yogendra Kumar said.

    This is an inhuman act and a police officer is not supposed to allow handling of a body in that manner, Kumar said, adding that Singh was suspended.

    The whole episode was caught on camera and the video, showing the body being dragged by a rope tied to the legs, went viral on social media, triggering an outrage, police said. It raised questions about the sensitivity of the police, they said.

    The investigation also revealed that even during the shifting of the body to the mortuary, it was pulled with the rope tied to the legs, they added.

    BEGUSARAI: A sub-inspector (SI) of police in Bihar’s Begusarai district was suspended on Saturday after a video went viral in which the body of a man was seen dragged by a rope to the hospital for post-mortem, triggering an outrage, officials said.

    The body of an unidentified person was found on the roadside in Nipania village in Lakho police post area on Wednesday, they said.

    “Anil Kumar Singh, the sub-inspector, was asked to probe the matter and also take the body for post-mortem examination. He engaged two sanitation workers who dragged the body with a rope while taking it to Begusarai Sadar Hospital for the postmortem,” Superintendent of Police Yogendra Kumar said.

    This is an inhuman act and a police officer is not supposed to allow handling of a body in that manner, Kumar said, adding that Singh was suspended.

    The whole episode was caught on camera and the video, showing the body being dragged by a rope tied to the legs, went viral on social media, triggering an outrage, police said. It raised questions about the sensitivity of the police, they said.

    The investigation also revealed that even during the shifting of the body to the mortuary, it was pulled with the rope tied to the legs, they added.

  • Will Kanhaiya Kumar’s induction into Congress lead to ‘cold war’ with Tejashwi in Bihar? 

    Express News Service

    NEW DELHI: Will the entry of firebrand youth leader Kanhaiya Kumar into the Congress emerge as a threat to the growing influence of the RJD’s chief ministerial face Tejashwi Yadav in Bihar? Will Kumar challenge Tejashwi’s political hegemony within the Mahagathbandhan? Or has he been brought in to rescue the Congress from being eclipsed by a regional party like the RJD, reportedly on the suggestion of political strategist Prashant Kishor? 

    Whatever be the reason, Kanhaiya’s induction into the Congress has caused ripples within the RJD and the political corridors of Bihar. 

    Kanhaiya was fielded by the CPI, an ally of the Mahagathbandhan, in the 2019 Lok Sabha election from Begusarai against the RJD’s Tanveer Hussain. Despite his fiery campaign speeches against the ruling dispensation, Kanhaiya had lost to BJP candidate Giriraj Singh by over 4,22,000 votes from a constituency that is still considered as a citadel of the Left. 

    “There is no comparison between Tejashwi Yadav and Kanhaiya Kumar. Yadav is a leader who has never been in controversies like Kanhaiya Kumar for his ‘anti-national’ comments. Why should we take him seriously when we have a leader like Tejashwi Yadav who has aspirations for the state and its people,” said a senior RJD leader requesting anonymity. 

    Another senior leader of the RJD Bhai Virendra Kumar refused to recognise Kanhaiya Kumar the day he joined the Congress. 

    Senior Congress leader Madan Mohan Jha, meanwhile, said that Kanhaiya’s induction into the Grand Old Party will certainly give an edge to state politics.   Experts believe that the induction could lead to a low-key ‘cold war’ between the two young leaders. There will be friction of sorts in the coming days as both Kumar and Yadav are articulate crowd-pullers who will work towards taking their parties ahead of each other. While Tejashwi is known to have a pull over the Yadav and Muslim vote banks, the former JNUSU president has gained people’s trust not just in Bihar but also in other parts of the country. He is well educated, known for his oratorical skills and attacks his political opponents with logic and charisma. On the other hand, Tejashwi also speaks well and pulls massive crowds each time he addresses a public meeting. 

    However, when it comes to leadership, Tejashwi Yadav is more experienced as seen in the last assembly and Lok Sabha elections where he led the party in the absence of his father Lalu Prasad, a political veteran. Kanhaiya, on the contrary, has never led a political party independently except taking to canvassing in Begusarai during the Lok Sabha elections. His electioneering has made news for a variety of reasons, especially on occasions when he targets PM Modi and his policies. 

    “In such a situation, Kanhaiya’s entry into the Congress and his possible role within the party in Bihar might be making RJD uncomfortable now,” said Arun Kumar, a political analyst in Patna.

    Recently, RJD spokesperson Mrityunjay Tiwari told the media that Kanhaiya Kumar has never been an issue for the party.

    Dr. RK Verma, another political analyst, said that if the Congress assigns any role to Kanhaiya Kumar in the party for Bihar, he will have a direct impact on Tejashwi Yadav’s political hegemony within the Mahagathbandhan. “This is because Kanhaiya Kumar is also a well-heard young leader and will naturally project the policies of the Congress in an argumentative and logical way,” he opined.

    According to sources in political circles, the RJD had fielded its candidate to make the contest a triangular one. This move boomeranged and indirectly helped BJP’s Giriraj Singh to win the seat.”Had Kanhaiya Kumar won Begusarai on the basis of his popularity and national identity which he gained after the JNU controversy, he would have certainly played down the political leverage of Tejashwi Yadav. So the RJD played a trick to field its candidate and prevented Kanhaiya from reaching Parliament,” said a political observer.