Congress leader Pramod Tiwari hit out at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar questioning his government's ability to maintain law and order in Bihar, citing recent incidents of violence, including 9 murders in 24 hours, with 5 people burned to death in Purnia.
The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar is progressing well, with 3,70,77,077 Enumeration Forms, which is 46.95% of the total of 7,89,69,844 (nearly 7.90 crore) electors in Bihar, collected (at 6:00 PM) in the first 14 days since the issuance of SIR instructions on June 24.
While speaking to ANI, Pappu Yadav said that poor people cannot execute something like black magic or witchcraft and claimed that an "exorcist" came from outside to whom the victims went.
Choudhary said, "Action has been taken. No one will escape the Gopal Khemka incident. Umesh Yadav killed him. A complete inquiry is being made. All the revelations have been made. All those who have supported this will have to rot in jail."
The mother of Vikas alias Raja, who was killed in a police encounter near Damaiya Ghat in Patna, said she was unaware of any crime committed by her son and said he used to work in Chennai.
Bihar cabinet approved 43 schemes and projects, including the formation of the Bihar Youth Commission, 35 per cent reservation for women native to Bihar and Rs 100 diesel subsidy for farmers on Tuesday.
Bhartiya Janta Party MLA Vijay Kemaka expressed shock over the killing of five people from the same family in Purnea's Tetgama tribal village over suspicion of witchcraft. He called the incident 'tragic' and 'shocking'.
The Bihar Cabinet gave the nod to form the Bihar Youth Commission on Tuesday, which will advise the government on education and employment for youth in the state.
Five members of a family were burnt alive allegedly in the name of witchcraft/black magic in Titgaon village of Purnia, Bihar on July 6. The police have arrested the three main accused in the case, one of whom is a minor.