Bihar: Vikassheel Insaan Party Chief Mukesh Sahani’s Father, Jitan Sahani, Murdered in Darbhanga
Jitan Sahani’s body was found in his ancestral house on Tuesday morning, reports claimed. Darbhanga SSP Jagannath Reddy has confirmed the incident.
Vikassheel Insaan Party president and former Bihar minister Mukesh Sahani’s father Jitan Sahani was murdered in his house in Darbhanga’s Supaul Bazaar area.
Jitan Sahani’s body was found in his ancestral house on Tuesday morning, reports claimed. Darbhanga SSP Jagannath Reddy has confirmed the incident. Police has reached the spot and started investigation. Jitan Sahani’s house is in Afjala Panchayat of Supaul Bazar in Darbhanga.
According to a report, Jitan Sahani was brutally murdered at home with a sharp weapon. After receiving the news of his father’s murder, Mukesh Sahani is leaving for Patna from Mumbai.
JDU’s chief spokesperson Neeraj Kumar has said the culprit will be to justice and strict action will be action .
VIP party leader Dev Jyoti stated that the party had recently received information about the incident. Mukesh Sahani is expected to arrive in Patna shortly. “We are still trying to determine the motive behind our leader’s father’s murder. Our leader will arrive in Patna soon and then proceed to Darbhanga,” Dev Jyoti said.
There is anger among RJD leaders after the murder, withe former chairman of Bihar minority welfare commission Riazul Ul Haq Raju strongly condeming the incident. He has demanded the arrest the murderers within 24 hours. He has warned of agitation from the streets to the House if the killers are not arrested.
Who is Mukesh Sahani?
- Mukesh Sahani is the head of Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) in Bihar. His party had joined the Opposition’s INDIA block before the Lok Sabha elections 2024. The agreement was originally made between Mukesh Sahani and Rashtriya Janata Dal in view of the Lok Sabha elections.
- Mukesh Sahani is known as ‘Son of Mallah’. The population of Mallahs in Bihar is about seven per cent.
- Before the Lok Sabha elections, a video of Mukesh Sahani with Tejashwi RJD leader Yadav had gone viral. In the video, both of them were seen eating fish in a helicopter, during Navratri, triggering a huge political row.