A massive political uproar is in the making in Bihar after a Hindi daily local journalist named Vimal Kumar Yadav at his own house on Friday morning. As per reports, Vimal Kumar Yadav was shot in the chest by unidentified gunmen at around 5:30 am in the morning at his home in the Araria district Raniganj Bazaar area. Bihar CM Nitish Kumar also reacted to the Bihar journalist murder and called the incident sad by informing the media that he has dected the officials to investigate the matter. "How can a journalist be killed like this," Biham CM Nitish Kumar told reporters in Patna. Cops investigating the case were quoted informing that Vimal Kumar Yadav, the 35-year-old victim, worked as a local journalist for the 'Dainik Jagran' newspaper. The gunmen knocked on his door and called his name at around 5:30 am, and shot him in the chest when he opened the door. Now, the question why Vimal Kumar Yadav was killed or shot dead? Well, the exact reason ids still being investigated by the Police, but initial reports hint that his murder is connected to an ongoing court case in which he was witness to a crime.
Preliminary investigations indicate an old enmity with his neighbours could be the cause of the incident. As per reports, two years back, Vimal's younger brother Kumar Shashibhushan alias Gabbu, who was a sarpanch, was killed in the same manner. Vimal was the main witness in the case, and it is suspected his murder might be linked to it. The slain journalist was yet to testify against his brother's killer during the ongoing court trial. He had allegedly received multiple threats warning him not to do so. ADG (HQ) Jitendra Singh Gangwar was quoted saying that it is possible that the accused, after reading the charge sheet, believed Vimal's testimony was critical to the case. Gangwar assured that the Police is investing the link between both the murders as his family also thinks the same.
Notably, Vimal Kumar Yadav is survived by a 15-year-old son and a 13-year-old daughter.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar talking to the media sayid, " It's an unfortunate incident...I have told officers to look into it." Ashok Kumar Singh, SP, Araria, was quoted by a newswire saying, "In the Raniganj Bazar area, a journalist namely Vimal Kumar Yadav was shot dead by unidentified miscreants...post-mortem is being done, dog squad has been called to the murder spot...investigation is on and efforts to arrest the culprits are underway."
On the other hand, LJP chief Chirag Paswan lashed out at Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and said, "He (Nitish Kumar) should go show these statistics to families of police officials who lost their sole bread-winner, he should show it to the family of that journalist (shot dead in Araria)." BJP State President Samrat Choudhary was quoted saying "It is a complete failure of law & order. Every day new murder cases are coming in Bihar."