Nitish assures action in Gaya killing case

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said his government will not spare anyone found guilty of the killing of a teenager in Gaya, allegedly by a JD-U legislator's son, as no one is above the rule of law.

"Any one found guilty will not be spared; the law will take its course and a manhunt is on for the accused," he told the media in his reaction to the killing of the teenager in Gaya town.

Nitish Kumar said no one can stop criminal incidents but action has been taken against people found guilty of them in Bihar. "This is the real rule of law... when action taken against criminals," he said.

He said nobody can be allowed to take the law in their hands. "We have directed police officials concerned to take strict action and nobody can escape the law, whoever he or she may be."

Rocky Yadav, 30, allegedly shot dead Aditya Sachdeva, the teenaged son of a businessman, on Saturday night for overtaking his car on the Bodh Gaya-Gaya road.

The son of legislative council member Manorma Devi of the ruling Janata Dal (United), he is absconding after the incident.

His father Bindi Yadav, a criminal-turned-politician, and his bodyguard were with Rocky in the car.

--IANS

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