BJP Leader’s Death: Plea Filed in SC Seeking SIT or CBI Investigation into July 13 Incident in Bihar

GG News Bureau

New Delhi, 17th July. A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking either the formation of a special investigating team (SIT) led by a retired apex court judge or a directive to the CBI to investigate the July 13 incident in Patna in which a BJP leader was killed while marching against the Nitish Kumar government.

Vijay Singh, a Jehanabad district party leader, died while participating in a “Vidhan Sabha march.”

While party officials alleged that he died in a vicious police lathicharge, the district administration in Patna issued a brief statement claiming that “no injury marks” were found on his body.

The “Vidhan Sabha march,” organized in support of agitations against the state government’s teacher recruitment policy, began at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan and ended a few kilometers away from the assembly premises.

The petition, filed in the Supreme Court by Bihar resident Bhupesh Narayan, also seeks an investigation into the role of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, and other officials, including Bihar’s Director General of Police, in allegedly “protecting the real perpetrators of the incident dated July 13 during peaceful procession organized by the Bharatiya Janata Party.”

“The police is under a constitutional obligation to uphold the rule of law and maintain law and order,” said the plea, drawn by advocate Barun Kumar Sinha, adding, “In a democratic country, peaceful procession or march or demonstration against the government policy is a well recognised method of protest.”

It stated that the misuse of power against Indian citizens is a serious violation of fundamental rights and a threat to public safety.

According to the complaint, the members of the march were suddenly surrounded by police and lathicharge, water cannon, and tear gas shells were used, leading to a chaotic scenario.

It claimed that “police brutality and atrocity” led to Singh’s murder.