Patna: High drama unfolded late on Wednesday night at Jakkanpur police station after Jan Suraaj founder and Bankipur Assembly by-election candidate Prashant Kishor arrived with a large group of supporters and confronted Station House Officer (SHO) Rituraj Kumar Singh over allegations that multiple party workers had been detained.
Voting for the bypolls in Bankipur Assembly Constituency began on Thursday amid high security. The counting of votes will take place on August 3.
Kishor alleged that two Jan Suraaj workers were brought to the police station illegally and detained for hours before being transferred elsewhere. He also questioned the police over the lack of information about their whereabouts.
Kishor said, “…If any harm comes to them (party workers allegedly detained), Rituraj Kumar Singh, the SHO of Jakkanpur police station, will certainly lose his job. He should be well aware of that.”
Reacting to the alleged threats made by the police officer, Kishor said, “As for the threats he made… let him do whatever he pleases.”
“The entire public of Bihar has witnessed this: Rituraj Kumar Singh is the SHO here, and two people were brought in illegally. He detained them at the station for hours before having them transferred elsewhere,” Kishor said.
Kishor also said that the police were not providing information about the workers. “They aren’t providing any information; there is no record of it, and the officer claims he doesn’t even know where they were taken. They aren’t providing any information, there is no record of it, and the officer claims he doesn’t even know where they were taken.”
Questioning the SHO’s response, Kishor said, “He accepts no responsibility and doesn’t even know which superior officer issued the order. He says it isn’t his job to ask his superiors.”
“I am simply sharing the information I have with you,” Kishor added.
Kishor is contesting the bypoll as the Jan Suraaj candidate, while Janashakti Janata Dal (JJD) president Tej Pratap Yadav and BJP’s Neeraj Kumar Sinha are also in the fray. (ANI)
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