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.
One of the accused in the businessman Gopal Khemka murder case was killed in a police encounter on Tuesday morning near Damaiya ghat in Patna, Bihar, police said.
Slamming the JDU-BJP government in Bihar following the murder of a businessman, Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai, on Sunday, said that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has miserably failed in maintaining law and order in the state
"The NDA government, led by Nitish Kumar, is committed to maintaining law and order there. No guilty person will be spared..." the BJP leader told ANI.
Congress leader Pawan Khera came down heavily on the NDA government in Bihar over the prevailing law and order situation in the state, saying that safety has become a "myth" under their rule.
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Sunday launched an attack against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and the BJP over the murder of businessman Gopal Khemka, who was shot dead from point-blank range outside his home in Patna.
Speaking to reporters after meeting the bereaved family on Saturday, the Governor said, "The law and order agencies will be made more proactive. I believe that process has already begun."
AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal, Gujarat Prabhari Gopal Rai, Sah-Prabhari Durgesh Pathak, and state president Isudan Gadhvi have condemned the arrest of AAP MLA Chaitar Vasava calling it retribution for Vasava's relentless exposure of BJP's corruption.