Patna lathicharge: videography of post-mortem on deceased BJP leader ordered

Patna District Magistrate Chandrashekhar Singh on Thursday ordered videography of the post-mortem on a BJP worker who died while taking part in the party's 'Vidhan Sabha march' against the Bihar government. According to a release issued by the district administration, a medical team has also been constituted for the post-mortem on Vijay Singh, whose death has been blamed by the BJP on a "brutal lathi charge" by police.

Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai has demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over the incident while Bihar BJP president Samrat Choudhary has termed the death as a "murder".

The administration, however, maintained that "mild" force was used to disperse the BJP activists when they tried to breach the barricades put up at Dak Bungalow crossing and proceed towards "a prohibited area which houses many VIP installations, including offices of various political parties, the High Court and Raj Bhavan".

The administration emphasized that "no injury marks were found" on the body of Singh who was kept in the ICU at PMCH, the state’s largest government hospital, where he breathed his last.

Nonetheless, the release by the district administration also stated that the DM has "sought within 24 hours a joint report on the investigation into the entire episode" from ADM (law and order) and the Superintendent of Police (SP) who have also been asked to examine CCTV footage.

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