The Sitamarhi police have arrested two persons for stabbing a local youth who was watching a video of former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. Two more persons named in the FIR are absconding. Two FIRs were registered in the case.
The initial FIR had claimed two groups of youths had clashed at a ‘paan’ shop over an old enmity; the officer in charge of Nanpur police station, too, had claimed the spat was over cigarette smoke.
However, subsequently, a fresh FIR was registered based on the statement of the victim 23-years-old Ankit Jha. He accused four youths of stabbing him multiple times while he was watching a video of Nupur on his mobile phone near the roadside paan shop. Jha, who was rushed to Darbghanga Medical College Hospital, reiterated that Gora alias Gulab Rabbani, Nehal, Bahal and Habib had attacked him with knives when he was watching the video.
Jha’s father said his son was chased in the market. Ankit said he was a supporter of Nupur and shared from the hospital bed a video, "Haan, hum karte hain support Nupur Sharma ka," on his WhatsApp and Faceboook account. Bahera is a Muslim dominated area.
