Judges attacked in Bihar: Sasaram judge and colleague assaulted, two arrested

Two judges of the Sasaram Civil Court were assaulted and attacked by two unknown men late on Tuesday night in the Rohtas district of Bihar. Reports said the unknown men looted cash from their car.

The incident took place near the Beda canal of Sasaram Mufasshil police station area and both the judges were severely injured in the incident. The accused have been arrested and identified as Antanu and Ramakant Singh, reports said.

Mufassil Police Station chief officer Rizwan informed that the judges have filed an FIR. In the complaint, the victims said they were on their way to the petrol pump at Beda to fill the tank when two unknown men hit the parked car.

Following this, the judges opposed and got into a verbal brawl with the unknown men who then assaulted them and then attacked them.

On July 28, 2021, Dhanbad additional district judge Uttam Anand died after being hit by an autorickshaw outside his colony when he was on his routine morning walk. The death had sparked fears about the safety of judicial officers in the country with then Chief Justice of India NV Ramana ordering the Jharkhand High Court to monitor the probe. A year later, a CBI court sentenced the auto driver and a helper to imprisonment till death.