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Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) laminitis Prashant Kishor connected Monday (September 29, 2025) alleged that Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary had escaped proceedings successful a decades-old execution lawsuit by “falsely” claiming to beryllium a insignificant earlier the Supreme Court.
Addressing a property league successful Patna, Mr. Kishor said Mr. Choudhary’s affidavit, filed successful 2020 astatine the clip of getting elected to the State legislative council, flew successful the look of his earlier assertion earlier the Supreme Court, and demanded his “immediate dismissal”.
Mr. Choudhary, a erstwhile State BJP president who holds important portfolios similar Finance successful the Nitish Kumar Government, was not disposable for comments immediately.
Mr. Kishor said, “We volition question an assignment with the Governor time to property for Choudhary’s sacking. We besides impulse Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his state BJP to enactment now, other they shall basal exposed earlier the people.” He besides alleged that Mr. Choudhary had “faced proceedings successful a lawsuit involving the execution of six radical successful his autochthonal Tarapur, successful Munger district, mode backmost successful 1995”.
“He moved the Supreme Court, claiming that helium was lone 14 years of property erstwhile the wide execution took place. He was fto disconnected since juveniles could not beryllium enactment connected trial,” the Jan Suraaj Party laminitis claimed.
“If we look astatine Choudhary’s affidavit of 2020, helium states his property astatine the clip to beryllium 51 years. Taking that into account, helium would person been successful his 20s successful 1995. These facts marque him liable for prosecution,” Mr. Kishor alleged.
These are superior charges, helium said.
“My erstwhile charges, against the Deputy CM, of getting a D.Litt grade without having cleared Class X exams, were little grave. I besides situation Choudhary to travel cleanable connected his relation successful the Shilpi-Gautam execution case, which galore retrieve lone for Sadhu Yadav,” said Mr. Kishor.
Shilpi Jain and Gautam Singh were recovered dead, successful 1999, wrong a car successful a semi-nude state, triggering daze waves crossed Patna.
The conveyance was parked adjacent to the location of Sadhu Yadav, a member of Rabri Devi, the past Chief Minister of the State.
Following an outcry, the lawsuit was handed implicit to the CBI, which filed a closure study a fewer years later, declaring the deaths to beryllium a lawsuit of suicide.
Mr. Choudhary was past a Minister successful the State, his Cabinet berth seen arsenic a “reward” for his begetter Shakuni Choudhary switching allegiance from the Samata Party to the RJD.
