Bihar police have registered an FIR against six individuals, including Tejashwi state opposition leader Prasad Yadav, Mahua MLA, Tej Pratap Yadav, senior RJD leader Anil Kumar Sadhu and three unidentified assailants in connection with the murder. of former secretary (SC / ST cell) of Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) state unit Shakti Mallik on Sunday.
Purnia (SP) Police Superintendent Vishal Sharma said: “Based on the complaint of the wife of the late Khushboo Devi, an FIR against six people, including top RJD leaders, Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, Tej Pratap Yadav , Anil Kumar Sadhu has come forward in connection with the assassination of the leader. An investigation is underway to determine the leadership’s involvement in this incident. ”
Mallik, 35, was shot and killed Sunday morning while at his home on Mugi Farm Road by unidentified assailants in the Purnia district. The family of the deceased has alleged that he was removed at the urging of RJD leaders when he was ready to contest the Raniganj (SC) assembly seat in Araria.
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Mallik joined the RJD in 2019 and was later appointed secretary of state (cell SC / ST, Bihar). However, in recent weeks he had leveled serious accusations against RJD leader Tejaswi Yadav, accusing him of demanding 50 lakh rupees to compete from the Raniganj (SC) seat on a party ticket.
“At approximately 6 am on Sunday, three masked men came and shot my husband at point-blank range. We rushed him to Sadar Hospital, where the doctors pronounced him dead. My husband was killed at the instigation of Tejaswi Yadav, ”said his wife.
According to the police, three unidentified armed criminals entered his room and shot him at point-blank range. “They shot him three times and he died on the spot,” said a police officer.
The RJD has dismissed the FIR as a political movement ahead of the assembly elections. RJD state spokesman Mritunjay Tiwary said the charges against Tejashwi and Tej Pratap were unfounded and false. “The FIR is politically motivated,” he said.
“The police will investigate the matter and the truth will come out. RJD leaders never play such a dirty game in politics, ”said RJD Senior Leader in Purnia, Kamal Kishor Yadav.
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