‘Jungle raj’ in Bihar, liquor more easily available than water: Congress

All India Adivasi Congress president Vikrant Bhuria alleged that people in Bihar are neither getting drinking water nor security, but alcohol is available easily.

Earlier this month, the five people, including three women, were allegedly killed and their bodies burnt on suspicion of practising witchcraft in the Tetma locality under the jurisdiction of Mufasil police station of Purnea district.

A special investigation team (SIT) has been set up by police to nab the absconding accused involved in the brutal killing.

Bhuria recently met the members of the victim’s family and also arranged a phone call between former Congress President Rahul Gandhi and them.

He said along with punishing the culprits of this incident, strict laws should be used to prevent crimes like superstition as well as ‘mob lynching’, and liquor sales should be stopped.

Bhuria told reporters, “On the instructions of Rahul Gandhi ji, we went to Purnea and personally met the family, but what we saw there was very sad. The entire village has been vacated, there is an atmosphere of fear there. Rahul Gandhi ji himself spoke to the family of the victims.” Why is Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, sitting in Bihar, not concerned about the family, he asked.

The head of the Adivasi Congress claimed that the perpetrators of this murder were drunk, and this is the situation of a state where alcohol is banned.

He alleged that there is ‘jungle raj’ and ‘gundaraj’ prevailing in Bihar under the NDA government, and the state has become the ‘crime capital’ of India.

“Is there no value in the lives of tribals in this country? Why are the criminals in Bihar so emboldened? Why do criminals not fear the police and the government there? Why are criminals being protected in Bihar? Why is superstition promoted in the BJP government? Why is there no talk about education and security under the BJP government?” he said.