Gopalganj, Jul 17 (IANS): The issue of the damage to the Ramjanaki Road has now aggravated as three different FIRs have been lodged in the Baikunthpur police station.

The Ramjanaki Road which was inaugurated just a month ago could not withstand the pressure of the Gandak river in Gopalganj district of Bihar and collapsed, affecting traffic on this route. The incident also triggered a political controversy as former state Deputy Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav slammed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over the damage.

The police said on Friday that an FIR has been registered on the basis of Circle Officer Pankaj Kumar's written application, in which 10 to 15 unknown villagers and District Council member Vijay Bahadur Yadav have been made accused.

The Circle Officer in his complaint alleged that a large number of villagers created a ruckus near the bridge at the time of inspection, violating the lockdown norms on July 16.

Another FIR was lodged by Gandak Department official Uday Kumar. He said that the road between Sheetalpur and Khomharipur which proceeds to Sattarghat Bridge got damaged on July 15 due to erosion. In view of the erosion, Water Resources Department's Junior Engineers Om Prakash and Neeraj Kumar were ordered to work at the erosion site.

It is alleged that when the repair work started, at night Chandashekhar Rai alias Sanjay Rai, husband of the head of Faizullahpur Panchayat, came with some people and started abusing them. Thereafter, Om Prakash and other workers had fled the site. A police officer said that a case has been registered under sections 341, 504, 506, 553,34 of the Indian Penal Code.

The third FIR in the case has been lodged at Baikunthpur police station on a written complaint of Mohit Kumar Gupta of Motihari, Project Engineer of Bihar State Bridge Corporation Limited. In the complaint, unidentified people have been made accused for obstructing government work.

A police official said that all the cases are being investigated.