Bihar: 9 murdered in 4 locations in final 24 hours

Shut on the heels of the high-profile killing of businessman Gopal Khemka in Patna on 4 July, shot lifeless exterior his residence as he ready to emerge from his automotive at round 11.00 pm, a spate of murders have been reported from Bihar.

A minimum of 9 folks have been murdered in 4 incidents within the state during the last 24 hours, police mentioned on Monday. The killings occurred in Purnea, Nalanda, Muzaffarpur and Patna districts.

In Purnea district, 5 members of a household have been killed and their our bodies set on fireplace by villagers on suspicion of practising witchcraft.

In Nalanda district, a 22-year-old lady and one other individual have been shot lifeless after a dispute between youngsters from two neighbouring households escalated into violence.

A authorities engineer was allegedly stabbed to loss of life by robbers in entrance of his household in Muzaffarpur, whereas a 50-year-old businessman was shot lifeless in Patna.

The state’s opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal chief and former deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav had attacked the Nitish Kumar-led state authorities’s “jungle raj” on 5 July, pointing to Khemka’s homicide as the most recent in a sequence of killings reported within the state for the reason that final week of Might.

Likewise, in an X submit on 6 July, Congress MP and Lok Sabha Chief of Opposition Rahul Gandhi wrote: “The brazen homicide of businessman Gopal Khemka in Patna has as soon as once more confirmed — the BJP and Nitish Kumar collectively have turned Bihar into India’s crime capital.”

Police mentioned the preliminary probe prompt that 5 members of a household in Tetma village in Purnea have been first murdered on suspicion of practising witchcraft.