"Extortion, murder, and incidents of loot are common in Bihar every day": Prashant Kishor

Speaking to the media, Kishor termed the murder of businessman Khemka "saddening".

"The death of businessman Gopal Khemka is very saddening. He is a big name, so it got government attention, but several who are poor are being murdered every day here. Extortion, murder, and incidents of loot are common in Bihar every day...Five girls have been raped in the last one month. No one is concerned about Bihar. The people of Bihar are dying, and these people are busy fooling the public," Prashant Kishor said.

Meanwhile, the Bihar Police has formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the murder case of businessman Gopal Khemka, who was allegedly shot dead in the south area of the Gandhi Maidan in Bihar on Friday.

Superintendent of Police (SP), Patna, Diksha told ANI on Saturday, "On the night of July 4, at around 11 pm, we received information that businessman Gopal Khemka has been shot dead in the south area of the Gandhi Maidan..."

Earlier in the day, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday chaired a review meeting with Director General of Police (DGP) Vinay Kumar and other senior officials to assess the law and order situation in the state in the wake of the murder of businessman Gopal Khemka in Patna.

In a post on social media platform X, the Chief Minister stated that law and order was the government's topmost priority, further stating that criminals in the state would not be spared at any cost.

"Held a review meeting on law and order with the Director General of Police and other senior police officials at 'Sankalp'. Law and order is the government's topmost priority. No matter who the criminals are, they will not be spared at any cost," the post read.

Kumar further stated that police and administration in the state had been instructed to work with full preparedness and strictness."Directed to expedite the investigation of criminal incidents and take swift action against the guilty. Instructed the police and administration to work with full preparedness and strictness to maintain law and order," the post read. (ANI)