Overview
- Late on Saturday night Executive Officer Vimal Kumar was found injured near Dhanauti Bridge and taken to hospital where doctors declared him dead.
- Aurangabad and Rohtas police detained the EO’s driver, Mithilesh Kumar, whose changing statements led investigators to say he later confessed to the killing during interrogation.
- Acting on the driver’s account divers recovered an iron lever or pipe from the nearby Patna‑Barun‑Baura canal and police have seized it for forensic examination.
- Authorities conducted a videographed post‑mortem and filed an FIR; the accused has been sent to judicial custody while investigators say final conclusions await forensic and legal verification.
- The victim’s widow has accused a local LJP(RV) MLA of extortion and possible involvement, an allegation denied by the MLA, and municipal officers have launched an indefinite strike demanding security and a fast trial.