patna:
The son of a minister from Bihar was beaten up by a group of villagers after he allegedly opened fire to chase away some children playing in an orchard. Footage showed the minister’s son being beaten by a group of men, who also took the pistol from which the shot was allegedly fired.
Locals said Bablu Kumar, whose father Narayan Sah is a BJP leader and the state tourism minister, fired into the air to chase the children away, triggering a stampede, injuring six, including a child.
The villagers were seen chasing away the man who came in a government vehicle. Mr Kumar fled the scene and left the vehicle, after which the locals broke the nameplate with the minister’s name on it.
However, Minister Sah claimed that his son went to the scene when he learned of an “encroachment” on the orchard, where he was attacked and robbed of the licensed weapon.
“The allegations are baseless. It is a political conspiracy to defame me,” he said.
The injured villagers have been taken to a hospital and the gun used to fire has been seized by the police.
A large number of police have been deployed in the area to maintain order and further investigations are ongoing, according to PTI Superintendent of Police Upendra Verma.