PATNA: A youth attacked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in his hometown of Bhaktiyarpur. A big breach in the security of the Chief Minister has came out in the wake of this incident.

Police immediately took the young man into custody. CCTV footage of the incident has also been released. The attack on the Chief Minister took place while he was on his way to pay homage to the statue of state freedom fighter Shilbhadra Yaji at a local hospital complex.

Nitish was hit in the back by the man who came through the security personnel and officers without any obstruction. Security personnel immediately arrived and arrested the youth.

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For the past few days, he has been touring various parts of his old Lok Sabha constituency of Barha. Nitish was elected five times from here from 1989 to 1999. Bihar Opposition Leader Tejaswi Yadav and others condemned the attack.