Patna, May 6 || Tension gripped Kamalpur village under Lalganj police station in Bihar’s Vaishali district on Tuesday morning after a violent clash between two groups left over a dozen people injured.
The unrest was triggered by an incident involving a local youth, Dharmendra Pandit (25), son of Gopal Pandit, who was taken to Kolkata by a private contractor on April 24 with a promise of employment.
However, Dharmendra died mysteriously under unclear circumstances.
According to family members, they received a distress call on Sunday from the contractor, informing them about the death of Dharmendra. When the family rushed to Kolkata, the contractor became untraceable and did not assist during the police proceedings and post-mortem.
After unsuccessfully attempting to contact him, the family returned with the dead body of Dharmendra to Vaishali.
Upon their return, the victim’s family staged a protest outside the contractor’s residence by putting the dead body in front of it, demanding answers.
Tensions escalated quickly as hundreds of people from both sides gathered and began to fight using sticks and stones, leading to injuries to over one dozen people.