A tripper (Sa 1 Ga 33) spreading disinfectant at Rajbiraj for controlling the spread of Corona Virus (Covid-19) was sabotaged by the youths of Rajbiraj Municipality-9 Biharpur Maleth on 30 March 2020.
These youths were the relatives of the Municipal Chairperson of the Samajbadi Party and Mayor Bhim Raj Yadav. After the tripper had reached his house, Yadav’s sons and nephews threatened and sabotaged the vehicle, informed the employee of the municipality.
The disinfectant had finished and they had informed of refilling it and resuming their task when those men destroyed the windows and other parts of the vehicle, informed Bijay Dev (the employee of the municipality) and Mukesh Pandey (tripper driver).
Meanwhile after all this, the District Coordinator of Rastriya Janata Party released a press release on 31 March claiming Yadav’s sons- Newton and William as well as his nephews Saroj, Kapil Dev and Gautam Verma being involved in the sabotaging. The release had strongly appealed for legal action on them for disturbing the works being done for welfare during the crisis phase of Covid-19.
The press release also mentioned how they had intruded the house of youth leader Ramji Yadav of Rastriya Janata Party and threatened him of abduction and murder. Ramji Yadav was threatened for speaking against the sabotage.