The murder of two engineers on Saturday shows the deteriorating law and order in Bihar.

The murder of two engineers in Bihar's Darbhanga district on Saturday has served as a grim reminder about the deteriorating law and order situation in the state.

The incident has also presented an opportunity to the Opposition BJP to hit out at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. "This seems to be a reminder of the Jungle Raj days. This is also forcing people to leave Bihar in panic," BJP leader Prem Kumar alleged.

According to eyewitnesses, unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants fired indiscriminately on Mukesh Kumar and Brajesh Kumar near Shivram village. They were subsequently rushed to the Darbhanga Medical College Hospital, where they were declared dead.

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The road construction work has came to a halt after the killings Close to 300 workers and senior staffs have refused to go on work Several workers of this construction company ran away on Saturday night fearing for their safety JCB machines, truck, dumpers and cranes all lying idle at base camp Angry workers have slammed Nitish Kumar government and called it return of jungleraj They say that no new investor will now come to Bihar fearing for their lives Bahera police station's SHO has been suspended after engineers' killing 5 suspects have been detained SIT has been formed, Darbhanga SSP leads the SIT to probe engineers' killing Special team of STF under SP Shivdeep Lande also investigating the case

The police arrested six suspects, who are being interrogated. The incident is believed to be a fallout of an extortion threat that the engineers received two weeks ago. They had also informed the police and sought police protection.

The killings are a setback to Nitish, who had promised to maintain the law and order situation at any cost after assuming power in Bihar last month. The ruling Janata Dal-United, however, said the assailants would be arrested soon.

Opposition leaders, however, alleged that the morale of the criminals had been boosted in the wake of the victory of the Grand Alliance in the recent Assembly elections.

BJP leader Prem Ranjan Patel said two persons had been shot in Rajiv Nagar locality while a doctor had received a ransom demand of Rs 2 crore. "Entire Bihar is in grip of panic," he said.

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