Key Suspect in Bihar Molestation Case Injured in Police Encounter

Nandan Yadav - the key accused in the Bihar molestation case involving a minor boy and girl - has been shot in his leg in an encounter with police, Deputy Inspector-General Rakesh Kumar told The Indian Express Tuesday afternoon. A second accused was also involved in the encounter.

Both accused are 25 years old. The encounter took place after a police team tracked the men down and tried to arrest them. Police sources told the Express the area in which the men were hiding was covered with bushes and when the police approached, the accused opened fire from the bushes.

The police retaliated and Nandan Yadav was shot in the leg as he tried to escape. The same source told the Express the extent of the injury - whether it is a fracture or not - is not yet clear; but he is unable to walk at this time and doctors will determine the exact nature of the injury.

VIDEO | Jamui, Bihar: Nandan Yadav, one of the accused in teen harassment case, shot in the leg by the police during encounter.Jamui SP Bishwajeet Dayal had told reporters that the incident took place on September 19 evening and a Special Investigation Team, headed by a woman… pic.twitter.com/oGmyLmcgZx— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) September 22, 2026 On Saturday evening the boy and girl were returning from coaching classes when they were stopped and subject to assault and molestation before being allowed to leave.

This was between 6 and 7 pm. A video of the incident showed the teenagers pleading to be let free as they were physically abused; in one sequence one of the accused grabs the girl's genitals, lifts her off the ground, and tries to run away. Also Read | Teen boy and girl returning from coaching stopped, assaulted and molested in Bihar; 3 arrested In another video the boy pleads with his attackers; he tells them the girl and he study at the same school and that everyone at home knows about them, to which an unidentified attacker slaps the boy.

The attacker then shouts: “If they know, then call them.” Another person is heard saying, “Call the family.” The video also shows the girl pleading with the group to let them go. "Please let us go, we will never come here again.” In the video, some people in the group are eventually heard telling the two to leave, saying, “Go, go.” Police have filed a case under relevant sections of the POCSO Act - i.e., the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.

Apart from the accused who was shot, three others have been arrested. The police are hunting more accused as seen in the video. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi called the incident “deeply disturbing”. “Who gave these men the right to behave like this? This is not 'culture'. It is patriarchy: the belief that any man can police a girl’s body, her movement, her choices,” he said, adding, “. such attitudes are normalised by Andhbhakts, mobs start believing they are law.”