Bhojpur, Bihar: A top leader of the BJP in Bihar, Visheshwar Ojha, has been killed this evening in the Bhojpur district in the central part of the state. He was shot dead in his SUV while returning from a wedding; the police says they suspect a dozen gunmen in cars and on bikes shot four times at him. He was 45.
Mr Ojha was Vice President of the BJP and was entangled in more than 10 criminal cases on charges including murder. He contested the Bihar elections last year unsuccessfully.
Police sources said that they suspect Mr Ojha's death may be the result of a long-standing enmity with a criminal named Harish Mishra who was recently freed from prison.
The BJP says that this morning, another senior leader named Kedar Singh was killed in the Chappra district.
A series of recent kidnappings and deaths in Bihar have been quoted by the BJP to back its claim that since his re-election for a third term, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has done little to check growing crime. The BJP has said Bihar is cinched again by "Jungle Raj", a term that was earlier used to disparage the years of Lalu Yadav's leadership in the state. Lalu's party won the most seats in November's election, and is the junior partner in Mr Kumar's government.
Mr Ojha was Vice President of the BJP and was entangled in more than 10 criminal cases on charges including murder. He contested the Bihar elections last year unsuccessfully.
Police sources said that they suspect Mr Ojha's death may be the result of a long-standing enmity with a criminal named Harish Mishra who was recently freed from prison.
The BJP says that this morning, another senior leader named Kedar Singh was killed in the Chappra district.
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A series of recent kidnappings and deaths in Bihar have been quoted by the BJP to back its claim that since his re-election for a third term, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has done little to check growing crime. The BJP has said Bihar is cinched again by "Jungle Raj", a term that was earlier used to disparage the years of Lalu Yadav's leadership in the state. Lalu's party won the most seats in November's election, and is the junior partner in Mr Kumar's government.
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