Patna, (Bihar Times): Coming close on the heels of the
extortion case against the ruling Janata Dal (United)
MLA by Gammon India Ltd an employee of a road
construction firm was killed and three others
seriously injured in Teer village under Siwan district
on Thursday.
According to the superintendent of police, Sunil
Kumar, five armed criminals stormed the office of
Morewan Construction Company, engaged in road
construction work between Darauli and Asaon in the
district, and opened fire killing an employee on the
spot and critically injuring three others. They were
rushed to a government hospital.
The criminals looted Rs 1.75 lakh from the office of
the firm. It is said that the failure to pay the
extortion amount was responsible for the killing of
the employees of the firm.
Earlier this week a case has been lodged against the
ruling Janata Dal (United) MLA from Raghopur in Supaul
district, Neeraj Kumar Singh alias Babloo, for
allegedly indulging in extortion and misbehaving with
the manager of a reputed firm involved in the
construction of the East-West Corridor. This six-lane
National Highway is being built under the Prime
Minister’s Golden Quadrilateral Project and connects
the eastern part of India to the west.
Babloo is not the only ruling party MLA involved in
such extortion racket in the state.