Crowd gathered after the incident.
– Photo: Amar Ujala
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In Begusarai, criminals murdered an advocate in broad daylight. The only reason was that the lawyer had refused to pay extortion money of two lakhs. On this simple matter, the criminals killed the advocate by chopping him with an axe. There was a stir in the area after this murder. After this incident, an atmosphere of panic arose in the village. The incident took place in Mirzapur Dih of Ballia police station area.
Advocates were getting ready to go to court
The deceased advocate has been identified as Niranjan Kumar Mahato, son of Vishnu Dev Mahato, resident of Mirzapur Dih in Ballia police station area. Family members have told that extortion tax of Rs 2 lakh was being forcibly demanded by the criminals of the village. Family members have also told that Niranjan Mahato had sold his land a few days ago. After selling the land, an extortion amount of Rs 2 lakh was demanded by the criminals of the village. Today in the morning when he was getting ready to go to Ballia Sub-Divisional Court from his home. During this time, two criminals arrived and killed him by cutting him with an axe.
Murdered by criminals by cutting them with an axe.
Here, as soon as the information about the incident was received, the police reached Ballia police station and started investigating the entire matter. According to the information received, the deceased Niranjan is a wealthy advocate. He was working as an advocate in Ballia Sub-Divisional Court. In this regard, former General Secretary of Advocates Association Amarendra Kumar Amar has said that the advocate has been murdered. We have demanded the arrest of the culprit from the district administration. If the police does not arrest the criminal, then in the future all the advocates will be forced to take to the streets and protest.
