Tejashwi Yadav
Purnea: An FIR has been filed against Rashtriya Janata Dal leaders Tejashwi Yadav and his brother Tej Pratap alongwith Anil Sadhu – chief of the party’s Dalit cell, Kalo Paswan, Sunita Devi and five others for the killing of expelled RJD leader Shakti Malik. Malik was a former state secretary of the party.
37-year-old Malik, a dalit who was slated to contest the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections as an Independent after his expulsion from RJD, was shot dead by three masked men at his residence at around 3 am here today. They barged into his house when he was there with his wife, children and driver.vHe was reportedly rushed to the Sadar Hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
Malik’s wife alleged it to be a political murder and soon after Malik’s death, a video surfaced in which Malik was seen accusing Tejashwi of demanding Rs. 50 lakh for the party ticket from Raniganj seat and threatening to kill him if he was seen working in the constituency. Soon thereafter, the ruling Janata Dal (United) accused Tejashwi of having exposed his “true colours before the nation”.
– globalbihari bureau
