Madhubani protests

Prashant Kumar Jha and his girlfriend Priti, both 17 and classmates, were holidaying in hill stations when Madhubani was going through violent protests over Prashant’s supposed murder. By the time the Delhi police found the teens, two innocents had been killed in police firing and mobs had torched or damaged half a dozen block offices and police stations in the Bihar district. And Prashant’s family had cremated a body supposed to be his.

In the days leading to the protests, Prashant’s family had refused to give the police DNA samples for a match with the body, which had been recovered, without the head, on October 3. In fact, a medical board had ruled that the body belonged to an older man, around 25, but large crowds went on protest demanding that it be handed over to the family.

The protesters were also angry about the rush with which police had arrested Jageshwar, Prashant’s elderly grandfather, which the family alleged was a result of pressure on the police from the girl’s father, Jagatpati Choudhary, district programme officer (now transferred). The boy’s father, Rajeev Jha, works in a private firm in Delhi.

With the Opposition targeting the government for its handling of the protests, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has ordered a judicial probe into what led to the firing.

‘Reluctant’ family

A senior police officer said the boy’s family had been unccoperative. On October 5, two days after the headless body was found, Prashant’s mother, Vinita Devi, claimed it was that of her son. “She identified the body not on the basis of any birthmarks but because of the colour of the underwear and an amulet. This unscientific approach was unacceptable,” said the police officer.

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