Patna: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday accused Bihar’s CM Nitish Kumar for ‘shielding’ JD(U) MLA who is involved in Gopalganj’s triple murder case.
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Yadav took to Twitter and wrote: “Do not cover-up in the name of investigation. The lives of citizens are not ordinary that your MLA will kill them with their entire family. Have you ever reviewed what has happened to the law system in lockdown? We will not allow your bahubali MLA to spread terror. Get the MLA arrested as soon as possible.”
He further also demanded action within two days against JD (U) MLA from Kuchaikote Amrendra Kumar Pandey alias Pappu Pandey in Gopalganj district for his alleged involvement in the firing in which three people were killed and an RJD activist sustained grievous injuries on Sunday evening or he will he would go to Gopalganj himself. He even called all the RJD legislators at his Circular Road Bungalow at 10 am on Friday.
But Tejashwi has been denied permission to go to Gopalganj to maintain the lockdown regulations in the state. A heavy police force has been deployed outside his house.
Yadav along with RJD President Jagdanand Singh, Rabri Devi, and Tej Pratap Yadav has left for Gopalganj on Friday morning with party MLAs and legislative councilors. They are likely to get arrested for violating the lockdown rules and visiting Gopalganj.
On Sunday night, RJD leader JP Chaudhary was grievously injured and his parents and brother were killed after a group of five assailants opened indiscriminate fire on them at their residence in Rupanchak village of Gopalganj district.
While Chaudhary received grievous injuries in the incident, his brother died in the hospital. The RJD leader is undergoing treatment at Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH).
According to police, a case has been registered and the brother of a JDU MLA and one other person has been arrested in the matter. Police said that RJD leader JP Chaudhary was sitting outside his residence with his family at around 6 pm on Sunday when around five assailants who arrived on two motorcycles opened indiscriminate fire on them.