In a bizarre case, a former MLA's son in Maharajganj district has filed a complaint of 'murder' after the death of his chicken allegedly due to poisoning. The complaint has been filed at Sinduria police station, police said on Sunday.
The peculiar incident has attracted the attention of the local residents. The complainant, Rajkumar Bharti, son of former MLA Dukkhi Prasad from Pipara Kalyan village, said his family was very much friendly with animals and reared pigeon, parrot, chicken among other birds.
Bharti alleged that on Saturday, he had gone to Maharajganj for some work while his son, Vikas, went to his school. He said when Vikas returned home, he found the chicken gasping for breath and it died sometime later.
The former MLA's son said he suspected that the chicken was poisoned to death and demanded a post-mortem of the bird.
SHO of Sundaria police station, Rituraj Suman Yadav, said a complaint had been received and he was probing the matter.