Five-year-old child was raped and strangulated to death and her body was found dumped in a sack in a marshy area behind a local market in the nearby Aluva, said Police official
Katihar Superintendent of Police, Jitendra Kumar, and District Magistrate, Ravi Prakash claimed during a press conference that the distance between the police and protesters was "quite significant".
The incident occurred at Barsoi block when local villagers were staging a dharna at the block office with a demand to provide uninterrupted power supply in the region.
According to sources, the mishap took place when they were crossing the railway track on their way to school at Gamhari crossing under Feser police station on Gaya-Deen Dayal Upadhyay rail section around 7.30 a.m.
As per the available information, a farmer dug the 40-feet borewell but failed to close it properly, leading to the tragic incident of the three-year-old boy falling into it.
Bihar Minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav said around 2.25 crore people have escaped multidimensional poverty in the state, the "fastest" reduction in the country