Law Kumar Mishra
Patna, October 17
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday evening talked to Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha over back-to-back targeted killings of Biharis in the Valley.
After getting reports of yet another attack on migrant workers from Bihar at Anantnag, Nitish telephoned to Sinha and expressed concern over serial killings of poor Bihari workers in the Valley.
Nitish requested the Lt Governor to ensure safety of Biharis in the Valley. Former Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi also talked to Manoj Sinha. Nitish also announced Rs 2 lakh as ex-gratia relief to the families of the slain workers.
Body of Arwind Kumar Shah, a Street vendor who was shot dead at Eidgaah in Srinagar on Saturday reached here on Sunday evening. State government arranged transportation of body to Banka in eastern Bihar for last rites.
In last four days, four migrant workers from Bihar have been gunned down in Kashmir.
