Bankipur: With voting in Bihar’s Bankipur Assembly constituency just hours away, Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) founder and candidate Prashant Kishor arrived at Jakkanpur police station late on Wednesday night with a group of supporters to question the Station House Officer (SHO) over the alleged detention of several party workers.
Drama played out at the police station as Kishor and his supporters claimed that two Jan Suraaj workers had been illegally picked up and taken to the station before being shifted to another location, ANI reported.
Videos from the spot showed Kishor and his supporters locked in an argument with Jakkanpur police station SHO Rituraj Kumar Singh.
“…If any harm comes to them (party workers allegedly detained), Rituraj Kumar Singh, the SHO of Jakkanpur police station, will certainly lose his job. He should be well aware of that,” Kishor was quoted as saying by the news agency.
“The entire public of Bihar has witnessed this: Rituraj Kumar Singh is the SHO here, and two people were brought in illegally. He detained them at the station for hours before having them transferred elsewhere,” Kishor said.
He also claimed that police were refusing to share details about the workers and said the SHO had told him he did not know where they had been taken. “They aren’t providing any information, there is no record of it, and the officer claims he doesn’t even know where they were taken,” Kishor said.
The by-election for the Bankipur Assembly seat is being held today.