ATTACK ON BIHAR’S SCRIBE: BSPS up-in arms against Motihari Police, tweeted Bihar’s CM and CS

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 OUR CORRESPONDENT

NEW DELHI: Taking strong exception in inordinate delays in police action on murderous attacks on Bihar’s senior journalists Sagar Suraj in Motihari on 24 May, 2023, Bharti Shramjeevi Patrakar Sangh has tweeted to Chief Minister Bihar Nitish Kumar and Chief Secretary of Bihar and demanded immediate action against the culprits involved in this incidents.

BSPS national general secretary Shahnawaz Hasan has said that the attitude of the Motihari police has not been cooperative. Since filing the FIR, not a single assailant has been identified or arrested.  

Journalist Sagar was attacked with an iron rod while he was on the way to carry out a follow up story in his local town Motihari in Bihar along with his three other associates.

The incident followed horror, grief and anger prompting locals’ journalists to call a sit-in demanding action on may 30.

The National General Secretary came down heavily on chief minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar for growing insecurities among the fourth estate of democracy in the state . “They are under fear of growing influence of Mafiya and local goons but shockingly and mysteriously the administration has kept mum on the issues.

Extent of Influence of local mafias is such that multiple fractures was inflicted on the back of Sagar Suraj but Sadar hospital authorities issued normal injuries only to help assailants. After continued pain, the victim consulted local senior doctors, who underwent an MRI and found multiple fractures on back. Senior orthopedic surgeon of Motihari Dr Rakesh Kumar and Surgeon Dr Ashutosh Sharan also opined multiple fractures.

Sagar has been under the target of land mafia, corrupt officers for his hundreds of fearless stories in The Hindustan times and Border News Mirror. His number of stories earlier published in The Hindustan Times on the murder of Mantu Sharma – a criminal cum realtor forced the court to take cognizance against one and half dozen realtors active in the localities.

 The recent stories of “illegal vegetable markets” being operated in Chatauni localities- is supposed to be the reason behind this murderous attack on Sagar Suraj. We demanded only to crack the stories behind the attack after filling a police case against unknown miscreants. We have found the images of assailants from CCTV footage but they are yet to be located by police.