Raj Kishore Kesri

• Purnia MLA murder: Journalists demand release of arrested editor

  Journalists in Bihar have demanded the immediate release of Navlesh Pathak, editor of an English weekly, who was arrested in connection with the murder of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Raj Kishore Kesri.Kesri, a BJP legislator from Purnia constituency, was knifed on January 4 in his home by a woman teacher, Rupam Pathak, who alleged the p...

• MLA Kesri's family files FIR against Rupam Pathak, associate

  Police sources have told NDTV that school teacher Rupam Pathak who stabbed MLA Raj Kishore Kesri in Bihar in public view has named the MLA's personal assistant Vipin Rai during preliminary questioning.She said Rai had exploited her over the last four years, and that she had complained to the police about him last year.Meanwhile, the MLA's family ha...

• MLA stabbing case: No evidence of blackmail, says Bihar Police

  The Bihar police is trying to piece together what motivated Rupam Pathak, the woman teacher, to stab Raj Kishore Kesri, a four-time MLA, to death in full public gaze in Purnea yesterday.The teacher had earlier accused the politician of raping her - a charge which she later withdrew.The DIG of Bihar Police has told NDTV there is no evidence that Rup...

• Bihar: Woman kills Purnea MLA Raj Kishore Kesri accused of raping her

  A BJP MLA in Purnea died this morning within seconds of a woman stabbing him. She attacked Raj Kishore Kesri while he was meeting visitors at his residence. She is now in hospital in critical condition after she was assaulted by Kesri's bodyguards as well as members of the public.The attacker, Rupam Pathak, had filed a police case last year against...