RJD stages dharna in Lower House well

Patna, Mar 1(UNI) The members of the RJD, main opposition in the state assembly, today staged dharna in the well of the Assembly, protesting ''framing'' of party leaders in a recent abduction case.

Raising the matter during the zero hour, RJD's Vijendra Kumar Yadav said that his brother, members of Zila parishad, RJD block president and others had been named accused in the recent abduction of five people and subsequent killing of three of them at Jagdishpur village under Himadpur police station of Bhojpur district.

The RJD members also alleged that the local police had implicated the people of a particular caste and party.

Demanding probe into the matter and action against the ''guilty'' officers, the RJD members trooped to the well and sat on ''dharna''.

Intervening into the situation, Speaker Udai Narayan Choudhry directed the state government to order probe by the DIG.

UNI