Bihar BJP says leader dead after lathicharge; police deny claim

The protest was joined by all the BJP senior leaders, MPs, MLAs and party workers. As the leaders were marching towards the assembly, the police tried to stop them and resorted to a lathi charge. BJP leaders alleged that their Jehanabad district general secretary, Vijay Singh, succumbed to injuries suffered in the lathi charge. The local administration however denied it and said that Singh was found unconscious by the roadside with no visible injury mark.