Truth vs Hype: Bihar's 'VIP Goondagiri'
The cold-blooded killing of a teenager in Bihar's town of Gaya by the son of a politician made national headlines, harking back to the state's lawless past. As BJP and Nitish Kumar clash on whether Bihar is entering Jungle Raj 2.0, we use the Aditya Sachdeva murder as a starting point to look deeper at the nature of the problem. Is Bihar in midst of a crime wave, or is this more the worrying rise of political dadagiri which the new government is unable to contain?
