Plaint against Nitish, Tejashwi in Patna court over lathi charge on BJP workers
The HinduA complaint was lodged in a court in Patna against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, his deputy Tejashwi Yadav and four others in connection with the baton charge on a BJP procession in the city earlier this week. The petition has been filed in Patna Civil Court through advocate Sunil Kumar Singh who told reporters, "We have prayed for trial of the accused against various IPC sections including 302 and 323." Mr. Singh alleged, "The procession was peaceful, yet the police took recourse to lathi charge upon instructions from higher-ups, including CM and Deputy CM, and one BJP worker Vijay Singh succumbed to injuries." The BJP alleged that its Jehanabad district general secretary Vijay Singh died because of injuries sustained in a "brutal" lathi charge by the police during the party's 'Vidhan Sabha march' on Thursday.