Kailash Paswan, the 48 year old district general secretary of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in Nawada district was abducted on July 6. His beheaded body was found in Khudaganj, Nalanda a day after. His clothes and belongings helped the police in identifying the body.
The Nalanda Police found Paswan’s body under a bridge over the Paimar river. According to Paswan’s family members, he was taken to a Panchayat meeting by Chhotu Gupta, another small time RJD leader from the Buchchi village. He was allegedly abducted from there.
Paswan’s son, Sanjay Kumar had lodged a kidnapping case with the Nawada Town police station on July 8. He named Chhotu Gupta in the case.
According to the Town police station in charge Anjani Kumar, the murder case will be registered in Nalanda since the body was found there. It will be forwarded to the Nawada station.
Paswan’s family also suspects the involvement of two women. One of them is an NGO worker and other claimed to be his second wife. However, they have not been named in the official complaint.
Paswan’s murder is the third case of a murder of an RJD leader in the last six months, according to the RJD spokesperson Mrityunjay Tewary.
