Overview

• At a Patna press conference on Monday, Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor alleged Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary is an accused in a 1995 Tarapur murder case and called for his arrest and ouster.
• He asserted Choudhary secured relief by submitting a school admit card to claim he was a minor in 1995, which Kishor says contradicts the age declared in Choudhary’s 2020 election affidavit.
• Kishor stated his party will petition the Governor and move court if no action is taken, and as of publication neither Choudhary nor the Bihar government had issued an official response.
• Coverage differs on the incident’s toll, with reports citing six or seven victims in the Tarapur killings, while identifying Choudhary as booked or named in the decades-old case.
• He also sought clarity on any CBI examination of Choudhary’s role in the 1999 Shilpi Jain–Gautam Singh deaths and warned minister Ashok Choudhary to withdraw a Rs 100 crore notice or face document disclosures on alleged properties.