By Admin 
Amidst Bihar elections, stones were pelted during the public relations campaign of Anil Kumar, MLA of Tikari assembly constituency of Gayaji and Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) candidate. The incident took place in Dighora village.
The MLA’s convoy was attacked with bricks and stones by angry villagers, in which the glass panes of many vehicles were broken. MLA Anil Kumar has suffered injuries on his head and hands. Whereas, he has many supporters.
9 in custody, search for other accused continues
After receiving information about the attack on the MLA, DM Shashank Shubhankar and SSP Anand Kumar took stock of the incident site. Met the injured and taking immediate action, 9 people were detained from the spot. Raids are being conducted to arrest other accused. Panchanpur police station has registered a case in this regard and further action is being taken.
#WATCH Gaya (Bihar): On the incident of attack on MLA Anil Kumar, Gaya SSP Anand Kumar said, “The miscreants involved in the incident will be arrested soon. The police are continuously conducting raids. In self-defense, his bodyguards opened fire to disperse the crowd. The situation is normal now. Police… pic.twitter.com/VPnblyeTrn
— ANI_HindiNews (@AHindinews) October 29, 2025
Villagers were angry due to lack of drain in the area
Due to non-construction of drain and road in Dighora village, there was opposition among the villagers towards MLA Anil Kumar. Meanwhile, the MLA had reached Dighora during a public relations campaign. The angry villagers attacked him with bricks and stones.
With the help of the security personnel present with the MLA, the convoy of vehicles was pushed back and the MLA was evacuated from there. Meanwhile, the villagers surrounded many workers and beat them up.
Nikhil Mandal criticized the attack
JDU leader Nikhil Mandal shared the picture of injured Anil Kumar and wrote on X, “There can be protest on the basis of issue but fighting, abusing, all this is not justified from anywhere. I condemn the deadly attack on Tekari MLA and current NDA candidate Anil Kumar. In democracy, not violence, the power of ideas and the power of vote is the real power.”