Gangster Navin Yadav’s kin demand CID probe into his death

B N Singh Pappan

Saharsa : Traffic on Baijnathpur – Sonbersa Raj road remained blocked for five hours on May 3, 2017, as the kin of deceased criminal Navin Yadav and residents of his village Sirrahi under Sonbersa Raj police station in Saharsa district had blocked the road at Bhavatia Bazaar to protest his death at PMCH on May 2. They burnt tyres on the road and some of them even resorted to brickbatting.

Saharsa SDO Saurabh Jorwal, who reached the spot with SDPO, Saharsa, Subodh Biswas, assured the mob that the circumstances leading to arrest and subsequent death of Navin Yadav would be inquired into. Navin’s father Shatrughna Yadav and other villagers, in a written representation to SDO, Saharsa, demanded a CID probe into the death of Navin Yadav and examination of the post-mortem report by an independent agency. They have also demanded a probe into the role of Saharsa SP Ashwini Kumar, Saharsa DSP, SHOs of Sonbersa Raj, Saharsa Sadar and Saur Bazaar police stations and political leaders Niraj Kumar Babloo and Kishore Kumar Munna.

SDPO, Saharsa, Biswas, said that the body of Navin was handed over to the family members and the mob was pacified and persuaded to lift the blockade. The SDPO said that FIR would be lodged against those who blocked the road.