Nitish rules out gang rivalry in the Nalanda killings

Patna, May 18 (UNI) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today refused to attribute the killing of nine people at Gawachak village under Sarmera block in Nalanda district to any group rivalry.

Condemding the massacre, Mr Kumar said that the deceased lost their lives in indiscrimiate firing by anti-socials.

Asked whether the mass killing was the outcome of rivalry between the Akhislesh Singh and the Ashok Mahto gangs, Mr Kumar said it could not be said so.

He said the massacre had no relationship with the ongoing Panchayat election and appealed to all sections of the society to maintain peace and harmony. He said he was visiting the carnage site tomorrow to take stock of the situation.

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