Satish Aditya
Muzaffarpur : In a sensational incident, around six bike borne criminals on May 19 reached the construction site of Muzaffarpur NH 28 Bypass road near village Madhaul under Turki police station near Muzaffarpur and fired indiscriminately in air in broad daylight to terrorise the workers and staff of the contractor concerned. The criminals asked the workers to stop the road construction work and ask the contractor to talk to their boss. The workers stopped the construction work of NH Bypass out of fear.
The criminals were demanding ‘rangdari’ ( extortion amount) from the contractor of this road and had reached the contstruction site to pressurise the contractor to pay the amount, according to one of the staff of the contractor. The police officers of Turki police station reached the spot and investigated the matter. Senior police officers were informed by the contractor about the incident and the Muzaffarpur SSP has ordered for immediate stern action against the criminals.
The anti-social elements and criminals have become quite active in Muzaffarpur District in North Bihar during Covid-19 when the police and civil administration are busy tackling the pandemic.