“It happened by mistake”, he said.
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The Gaya Police have arrested the JD (U) MLC’s husband Bindi Yadav and the legislator’s bodyguard for allegedly helping the culprit escape.
Aditya Kumar Sachdeva was shot dead allegedly by Rocky Kumar Yadav, son of JD(U) MLC Manorama Devi, following a scuffle over the youngster and his friends overtaking their Range Rover SUV near the police lines here around 8 last evening. The friend claimed they stopped the vehicle after the firing, and an altercation broke out between the four of them.
Rocky is now on run.
The guard has told the police that the bullet that hit Aditya was not fired from his rifle but from Rocky’s personal revolver.
The youth’s murder took political overtones this morning with the Leader of Opposition (LoP) Prem Kumar meeting the family members of the victim to express sorrow and later addressed a large number of people who had blocked road near Mahabir bridge to protest against the murder.
Aditya had recently appeared for his class 12 exams. “It must have happened in the fight while my son was defending himself”.
He had also been jailed in a sedition case. In a separate incident in 2011, 6000 rounds of ammunition of a banned weapon were recovered from him in 2011.
The BJP also took on the government on Sunday, demanding the resignation of chief minister Nitish Kumar for his failure to check the rising criminal incidents in Bihar.
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KC Tyagi, senior JD(U) leader, has said if wrongdoing is proved, the guilty will not be spared.
