TIL Desk/National/Patna/ Bihar’s ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) on Tuesday expelled a party leader Rakesh Singh, main accused in Ara hooch tragedy of 2012, after he posted his selfie with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in social media.
Embarassed over alleged liquor mafia Rakesh Singh’s selfie with Nitish Kumar, which went viral in the social media, JD-U state President Bashistha Narain Singh showed him the door.
Rakesh Singh, who has been chargesheeted in the hooch tragedy in which 29 people had died, was JD-U President of Ara block in Bhojpur district and was locally known as a “dabang” (heavyweight) and considered as one enjoying political clout in the power corridors of Patna — the state capital.
Incidentally, total prohibition is in force in Bihar since April 5, 2016, when Nitish Kumar imposed it. Vashisht Narain Singh said two days ago, Rakesh Singh accompanied one Harinder Kumar Singh, father of a groom of Bhojpur, who returned Rs 4 lakh dowry to bride’s family, to meet Nitish Kumar and took a selfie with him and later uploaded it in social media.
