RTI activist and journalist Buddhinath Jha, aka Avinash Jha, was killed in Benipatti in Bihar’s Madhubani district on Friday. The killers had tried to burn his body to hide his identity.
Jha, who was spearheading a crusade against malpractices by private hospitals in his area, was abducted on November 9.
His family had registered an FIR with the local police.