Satish Aditya
Motihari : Bipin Agrawal, 50, an RTI activist, was shot dead by two unidentified criminals in broad daylight on September 24, 2021, at the gate of Harsidhi Block office in East Champaran District in North Bihar, in the afternoon, when he was on going to
block office.. As he was entering the block office premises, the two criminals opened fires on him and he fell down on the ground as two bullets hit his chest. He was taken to a private nursing home at Motihari by the locals where the doctors declared him brought dead.
Bipin Agrawal was resident of Harsidhi Market and is the second RTI activist after Rajendra Singh to be have been killed in last
one year in the district.
East Champaran SP Navin Chandra Jha said that an SIT team headed by ASP Abhinav Dhiman has been formed to investigate this blooded murder and arrest the criminals. He further said that the family members of deceased Bipin Agrawal have not filed any case with police in this connection so far and police are awaiting it. Police are investigating the incident from different angles as he had strained relations with several persons in Harsidhi Market. It may be mentioned here that a murderous attack was made on Bipin Agrawal last year but he escaped. A mob had attacked his house and assaulted his family member.
Bipin Agrawal had revealed through RTI that 99 persons had encroached the government land in Harsidhi Market last year and the administration is initiating action against encroachers now. More than one dozen cases of corruption and irregularities allegedly by government officials were also highlighted by the slain RTI activist and the administration has initiated action against the officials concerned.
Meanwhile, the local people and political activists have demanded immediate arrest of the criminals involved in murder of Bipin Agrawal.