Two Maternal Uncles Arrested After Bihar Poll Dispute Turns Deadly in Madhya Pradesh

Overview

• Shankar Manjhi, 22, a labourer from Bihar, died after a late-night altercation at an under-construction government quarters site in Guna’s Cantt area.
• Officers say the trio had been drinking when a quarrel over the Bihar assembly results escalated into a physical assault.
• According to initial accounts, the victim backed the RJD and the accused supported the JD(U).
• Investigators allege the suspects dragged Manjhi to a muddy patch and forced his face into mud, causing choking before he was declared dead at the district hospital.
• Guna police arrested the two within about an hour of recovering the body, and the probe into the circumstances is ongoing.