Four-time LokSabha MP and Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik) President Pappu Yadav has levelledsensational allegations on the nexus of corrupt officials, politicians andmafia in Bihar who may be involved in the murder of IndiGo Airlines managerRupesh Kumar Singh.
"Five days since the incident, there is no headway into the investigationof Rupesh Singh's murder and it indicates a nexus of corrupt officials, leadersand land, sand and liquor mafia," Yadav said.
"As per our information, Rupesh Singh was reportedly involved in tendersof Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) and electricity departments. Hewas part of a company which managed to obtain a licence for a canal inDarbhanga. These could be the reasons behind his murder on the orders ofunknown nexus in Bihar," Yadav added.
"The matter needs to be investigated thoroughly by an independent agencymonitored by a sitting judge of the high court," Yadav said.
He said if the Bihar government wants to make the state crime-free, it shouldidentify persons involved in land, sand and liquor mafia and their propertiesshould be recommended for investigation by the Enforcement Directorate.
"They are by and large involved in criminal incidents in Bihar and areshielded by political leaders and officials," he said.
He said the annual income of the Nitish Kumar-led government through liquorrevenue was Rs 4,000 crore before a blanket ban was implemented in the state in2016. Now corrupt officials and leaders are earning double the income throughit.
Yadav also levelled allegations on two senior IAS officers holding posts asPrincipal Secretary and District Magistrate (DM), respectively. He said theformer was the CMD of Bihar State Power Holding Corporation Ltd (BSPHCL) in2018 and had sent five non-qualified women to foreign countries for training onstate government's expenses. While the latter had given arms licences to 70persons having criminal records when he was the Katihar DM. The Central Bureauof Investigation (CBI) enquiry is currently underway against him and he is onleave right now.
"We request Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to recommend to the Centre fortheir termination from their posts," he said.