JD(U) Dalit leader found hanging in police station; 3 cops arrested
   Date :13-Jul-2019

 
BIHARSHARIF:
 
A LOCAL leader of the ruling JD(U) in Bihar was found hanging in the toilet inside a police station, hours after being picked up for interrogation, evoking violent protests from residents of his village in Nalanda district. Three police personnel were arrested in connection with the Dalit politician’s death.
 
Ganesh Ravidas (45) was found hanging from the ceiling of the toilet at Nagarnausa police station in Nalanda district on late Thursday night. JD(U) national president and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar also belongs to the same district. Ravidas, who was the block president of the party’s Mahadalit cell, was picked up for interrogation in connection with the kidnapping of a girl wherein he was not named an accused, the sources said.