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Saharsa : Saharsa strongman Pappu Dev, who died under controversial circumstances at 4 am at Saharsa Sadar Hospital on December 19, 2021, after his arrest a couple of hours before following an encounter with policc, was cremated at his native village Bihra in Saharsa District in North Bihar on December 20, 2021.
Pappu Dev’s wife Poonam Dev lit the funeral pyre in the presence of hundreds of people. Pappu Dev, considered a don in the area, is survived by his wife, daughter Supriya, 21, and son Aditya Shivam, 18. Supriya and Adiya Shivam were not present at the cremation ground as they are away in Delhi and Dehradun respectively.
Meanwhile, Jan Adhikar Party Patron and former MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, visited Pappu Dev’s Bihra residence to console the bereaved family. The JAP leader has demanded a high level probe monitored by a sitting High Court Judge into the death of Pappu Dev. He alleged that they were several injury marks on the body including head of Pappu Dev.
The JAP leader said that the probe team must look into the call detail records of Pappu Dev and the CCTV footage. He sought to know whether any arrest warrant was issued in last few days against Pappu Dev. The JAP leader alleged that Pappu Dev was killed under a conspiracy.