Bihar: 4 named in Begusarai cable TV reporter murder case, no arrest

In his FIR lodged at Bakhri police station, victim’s father Arjun Mahto stated that his son had tipped the police about the threat to his life six months ago. The complainant also identified four people who attacked his son and one of them shot him dead. The four named in the FIR are: Roshan Kumar and Priyanshu Kumar (brothers from Gangour, Khagaria); Bablu Rathore and Nitesh Kumar, both residents of Parihara. Three other accused are unidentified.

Bakhri police station in-charge HK Singh told The Indian Express: “Preliminary investigations do not suggest any link with what he did as a journalist. He had supported a woman candidate in last year’s panchayat polls whose rival was supported by Nitesh Kumar, one of the accused. We are conducting raids to arrest the accused.”

Gupta was also arrested in 2018 for showing a video claiming that liquor was being sold from the police station. The report, however, turned out to be fake.

Begusarai SP Yogendra Kumar added: “We are getting arrest warrants against all the four accused and also sending teams outside Bihar. As of now, we are working on the victim’s panchayat poll-related rivalry with one of accused.”