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.