PATNA : Senior CPI(M) leader and District Committee member Rajeev Choudhary was slain on Friday, allegedly by members of criminal gang. Choudhary was known for organizing numerous protests against caste inequality in Bihar . Incidentally, he was eye witness to a farmer’s murder and the present killing is suspected to have links to his potential role at the court stand.
Villagers claim that Chouldhary has been killed to stop him from testifying in the court. as also to end his protests against caste discrimination rampant in the region. Choudhary fighting against caste inequality had a unsettling effect on the upper caste community, given that he belonged to their own kind.
Choudhary was killed on 18 Feb. CPI(M) demanded immediate arrest of the assailants, a high-level probe into the murder and Rs 10 lakhs in compensation to his family.
Prominent Left leaders including CPI(M) State Secretary reached the spot and paid homage to the slain leader.
