The Bihar Police has claimed that Singh was not killed in lathi-charge as he was not present at the protest site in Patna when the police action took place, PTI report said citing a police statement.
A BJP leader died as police in Patna fired tear gas shells, used water cannons and resorted to a lathicharge to stop party workers from marching to the Bihar Assembly during a massive protest against the Nitish Kumar-led government in the state.
After Jehanabad district general secretary Vijay Kumar Singh’s death, state BJP chief Samrat Choudhary says, “How can the state government comment on the reasons for Singh's death when the postmortem has not been conducted yet?”
National Investigation Agency (NIA) files chargesheet against Myanmar national and two militants for extortion and terror funding by banned rebel outfit in Manipur.