Bihar politician’s son who allegedly shot teen for overtaking SUV: Wanted

Mangalore Today News Network

Gaya, May 09, 2016: The son of a lawmaker of Bihar’s ruling JDU is yet to be arrested two days after he allegedly shot dead a 19-year-old boy for overtaking his SUV in Gaya.

Rocky Yadav, believed to be in his twenties, is the son of Legislative Council member Manorama Devi, who belongs to the JDU or Janata Dal United of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

The lawmaker’s husband Bindeshwari Prasad Yadav or Bindi Yadav, jailed in the past for carrying illegal weapons, has been arrested for helping his son run away.

The state government, repeatedly accused by the opposition BJP of bringing back "jungle raj (lawlessness)" in Bihar, has set up a Special Investigating Team to track him down.

"No one will be spared, however powerful," said Tejaswi Yadav, Deputy Chief Minister.

The crime has been seized by the BJP, which has called for a shutdown in Gaya, about 100 km from state capital Patna.

On Saturday night, Aditya Sachdeva, a businessman’s son who had just taken his Class 12 exams, was in his Swift car with his friends when he reportedly sped ahead of Rocky Yadav’s Range Rover.

Aditya’s friend has alleged that Rocky Yadav and his guard fired in the air and forced them to stop the car. "They punched us. When we tried to leave the spot, someone fired at the car and a bullet hit my friend," he said.

The security guard who was with Rocky in the SUV has been arrested. He reportedly told the police that the bullet was fired from the personal revolver of the politician’s son, "accidentally".

A man sitting in the front seat of Rocky’s SUV was allegedly holding a gun too.

Mr Yadav is not a politician like his wife. He has been jailed in the past for sedition and keeping illegal weapons.

The guard has told the police that Rocky wanted to "teach Aditya and his friends a lesson".

Mr Yadav has alleged that his son was beaten up by Aditya and his friend and they were drunk. However, he admitted that Rocky carried a licensed revolver. "It must have happened in the fight while he was trying to defend himself," he said.