Patna: A minister Gautam Singh, of Bihar was held hostage for two hours by the villagers of martyr jawan Premnath Singh. The villagers were demanding that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar visit their place.
Premnath is one of the five jawans who were recently killed by Pakistani soldiers on the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir.
Gautam Singh is MLA from Manjhi in Saran district and in whose Assembly constituency Samhauta village of martyr Premnath Singh falls, had paid a visit to the home to pay condolence, when angry villagers took him hostage and demanded visit of the CM.
Sources said that the villagers while taking the minister hostage asked him to call the CM to release him.
The villagers let him go following intervention of elders after delaying Singh, state minister for science and technology, for nearly two hours.
Singh had gone to the national capital and was not present during funeral of sepoy Premnath Singh yesterday. On return he had gone to the sepoy’s village when the unpleasant incident happened.
However, jawan Raghunandan Prasad’s mother has announced to return the compensation money to the state government over “insulting” remarks of a minister Bhim Singh who said that people join army or police to die.
The mother of Raghunandan Prasad Meera Devi told reporters in Nautan village that they were dismayed by the remarks of the minister and announced return of Rs 10 lakh cheque as protest.
Bureau Report
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