A 60-year-old daily wage labourer asked for money he had already earned — and was shot dead for it. On 3 August 2026, Chandeshwar Chaudhary was allegedly killed in the Dinara police station area of Sasaram by Ajit Tiwari, described as a habitual offender unafraid of the law, after Chaudhary demanded his wages. RJD leader and Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav visited the victim's village on 8 August to meet the grieving family and provide financial assistance. Posting on X, Yadav wrote that Tiwari — 'kanooon se nidar aadatan apradhi' ('a habitual criminal unafraid of the law') — shot Chaudhary dead when the labourer asked for his wages. Yadav said he met the bereaved family, expressed condolences, and extended financial support to the poor household.

A wage dispute that ended in a killing

The alleged sequence is stark: a man worked, asked to be paid, and was murdered. Chaudhary, a resident of the Dinara area in Rohtas district, was among the most economically vulnerable — a daily wage worker whose income is earned and spent the same day. The accused, Ajit Tiwari, has been characterised by Yadav as a repeat offender with a criminal record, raising questions about why he remained free in the community.

Tejashwi's field visit and the Bihar opposition playbook

In Bihar's political landscape, visits to crime victims' families are a well-worn but consequential form of opposition outreach. For Tejashwi Yadav and the Rashtriya Janata Dal, such visits serve a dual purpose: expressing genuine solidarity with marginalised communities — in this case, a poor labouring family from Sasaram — while simultaneously holding a spotlight over the ruling dispensation's law-and-order record. Rohtas district, where Sasaram is located, has historically seen incidents of crime targeting economically weaker sections. Yadav's decision to travel to the village and provide direct financial aid to the family goes a step beyond a social media statement — it is a ground-level intervention in the absence of immediate state support.

The wider question: who protects Bihar's labourers?

Chaudhary's death fits a grim pattern in which daily wage workers — with no formal employment contracts, no documented payment records, and no institutional recourse — are left exposed to the whims and violence of those who hire them or owe them money. The case puts the spotlight on Bihar's wage-payment enforcement mechanisms and the state's ability to contain habitual offenders before incidents escalate to homicide. Whether Bihar Police has registered a case, arrested Tiwari, or whether the state government has announced any compensation for the family remains to be confirmed from official channels. A man died asking for what was his. The political response has arrived — the administrative one is still awaited.