Law & order breakdown? Lawyer killed in Patna; series of killings sparks outrage

NEW DELHI: A lawyer was fatally changeable by chartless attackers successful Patna's Sultanganj country connected Sunday, successful a distressing incidental underscoring Bihar's declining information situation.The victim, Jitendra Mahato, astir 58 years old, died portion receiving attraction astatine Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH).The incidental follows the caller killings of BJP person Gopal Khemka, a salient businessman, and different idiosyncratic successful Patna's Ram Krishna Nagar area, fuelling opposition's disapproval of the Nitish Kumar authorities regarding expanding transgression activities.Police officials are presently astatine the determination conducting investigations. SP Patna East, Parichay Kumar, confirmed that Jitendra Mahato was fatally changeable by unidentified criminals successful Patna.Investigators person collected 3 slug casings from the determination and are examining imaginable motives and the attackers' identities. Forensic teams person been deployed, and surveillance footage is nether review."Criminals changeable a idiosyncratic named Jitendra Mahato. He was taken to the PMCH infirmary for treatment, wherever helium died. The household said that helium utilized to travel present each time to portion tea. Today, helium came present to portion beverage and was changeable portion returning...

Three slug shells person been recovered from the spot. The identities of the criminals and their motives down this incidental are being investigated. FSL teams, section police, and the SDO were called aft I learned astir the incident.

All the CCTV cameras successful the vicinity are being examined... The lawsuit is being investigated from each angle," helium said.

Multiple murders successful Bihar successful 24 hours

The crimes successful Bihar is rising. Earlier connected Saturday, a 50-year-old farmer, Surendra Kumar from Shivpura village, was fatally wounded portion moving connected his cultivation land."On 12/7/25, Surendra Kumar, aged 50 years, nonmigratory of colony Shivpura nether PS Pipra, was changeable astatine erstwhile helium was moving astatine his farm. When helium was watering his crops, an unidentified idiosyncratic changeable astatine him and fled the scene," said SDPO Kanhaiya Singh of Masaurhi (Patna) to ANI."He was taken to AIIMS, wherever helium died during treatment. Statements of relatives has been taken and an probe has begun. FSL squad has been informed," helium further added.On July 11, Businessman Vikram Jha was changeable by an unidentified idiosyncratic successful the Ram Krishna Nagar country and died portion being taken to the hospital, constabulary said connected Saturday.According to police, Jha was changeable by a idiosyncratic who arrived connected a motorcycle and opened fire. A execution lawsuit has been registered, and an probe is underway.Meanwhile, successful Vaishali district's Goraul constabulary presumption area, authorities discovered a woman's assemblage successful Pirapur.

Following archetypal enquiries, the Station House Officers of Bhagwanpur and Goraul Police Stations were suspended for refusing to registry the missing idiosyncratic ailment filed by the deceased's mother. Police officials confirmed they person identified the suspects and arrests are imminent.In Bihar's Nalanda, a 60-year-old pistillate was changeable dormant connected Saturday, the location territory of CMNitish Kumar, an authoritative said.The deceased was identified arsenic Sushila Devi (60), who was moving successful a infirmary successful Patna."The incidental took spot successful Doiya colony nether the jurisdiction of Noorsarai constabulary presumption astir 10 americium connected Saturday erstwhile Sushila Devi was returning from her cultivation field.Deputy main curate Samrat Choudhary maintained that Bihar has nary organised crime, stating that preventing murders from idiosyncratic disputes is challenging. "There is bully governance successful Bihar, determination is nary organised crime," Choudhary told ANI, adding, "If a execution is taking spot owed to immoderate idiosyncratic dispute, past it is simply a spot hard for the authorities to halt it.

But nary organised transgression volition beryllium allowed to instrumentality spot successful Bihar. This is clear."RJD person Tejashwi Yadav criticised the NDA government, questioning: "And now, a BJP person changeable dormant successful Patna! What to say, and to whom? Is determination anyone successful the NDA authorities consenting to perceive to the information oregon admit their mistakes?"He further remarked: "Everyone knows astir the CM's health, but what are the 2 useless BJP lawman main ministers doing? No connection from the corrupt Bhunja-DK party?"