Overview

• Police arrested Khushboo Devi, Basanti Devi and Putul Devi for tying rural doctor Jitendra Yadav to a tree and beating him bloody in Gaya.
• The attack followed the doctor’s visit to treat the mother of a gang rape survivor, whose May 30 court testimony in a 2021 case provoked retaliatory violence.
• Opposition figures seized on viral footage to criticize the government’s law and order, with Tejashwi Yadav calling Bihar “worse than Taliban” and Rahul Gandhi decrying crime and unemployment.
• Union Minister Chirag Paswan demanded a high-level judicial enquiry into the Muzaffarpur rape-murder and criminal charges against Patna Medical College and Hospital staff over the alleged six-hour ambulance delay.
• Public demonstrations and opposition delegations continue to press Nitish Kumar’s government for administrative accountability and a special legislative session to address systemic failures before state elections.