CM announces relief for Bihar youth killed in Delhi
Patna, April 30 -- Bihar chief minister Samrat Choudhary on Wednesday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 12 lakh for the family of Pandav Kumar, a delivery boy from the state who was recently shot dead in Delhi by a motorcyclist.
In a social media post, Choudhary said a sum of Rs 8 lakh will be paid to the next of kin of the deceased by Labour Resources Department, in addition to another Rs 4 lakh from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund.
The CM also offered condolences to the family of Kumar (21), who belonged to Khagaria district, and was killed in the national capital on Monday. He was shot dead by a gun-toting motorcyclist who was later identified with the help of CCTC footage and arrested by Delhi Police. The incident triggered political slugfest in Bihar, where RJD has trained its guns at ruling NDA over alleged "hate crime against a Bihari in BJP-ruled Delhi".
RJD working president Tejashwi Yadav, the leader of the opposition in state assembly, also charged NDA leaders in Bihar, like Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, who heads Hindustani Awam Morcha, with reacting to the incident in an "insensitive" manner. However, Yadav has been ticked off by leaders like Chirag Paswan, another Union minister who heads Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas). Paswan alleged that RJD leader spoke ill of Bihar while campaigning for INDIA bloc partners in recent assembly polls....
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