Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar addresses decreasing land-related killings, emphasizes importance of law enforcement and police recruitment.

In Bihar's Nawada district, 15 people have been arrested after 21 houses were set on fire, likely due to a land dispute. Authorities are providing relief materials and temporary shelters for the displaced.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar condemned the incident in Nawada and emphasised the need to “apprehend all suspects as quickly as possible” and stressed that “those who take the law into their own hands must be caught and punished.

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Around 80 houses were set ablaze by miscreants on Wednesday in Bihar's Nawada. Following this, police reached the spot to bring the situation under control.

NAWADA: Twenty-one houses were set on fire in Bihar's Nawada district, police said.Preliminary investigation suggested that a land dispute could be the cause be

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday condemned the torching of houses in Nawada district and directed the Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) to personally visit the site and oversee the probe.

Twenty-one houses were set on fire in Bihar's Nawada district on Wednesday evening, police said. Preliminary investigation suggested that a land dispute could be the cause behind the incident that happened in Manjhi Tola in Mufassil police station area, they said.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar condemned the torching of 34 houses in Nawada district. Investigations indicate a land dispute as the cause. Fifteen suspects have been arrested, and relief measures are underway.

The houses at Krishna Nagar Mahadalit settlements were set on fire allegedly by a land mafia in a bid to usurp vacant government land.

Charred remains are seen after multiple houses were allegedly set on fire, in Nawada district, Bihar on September 18. PTI picture. A day after 21 houses were set on fire in Bihar’s Nawada district, a top state government official on Thursday said 15 people have been arrested in this connection.