Overview
- Police say the incident occurred at a felicitation at St. Thomas English School near Siswar when youths outside the school boundary threw gravel at the stage while Manjhi was speaking on Friday evening.
- Officers detained two people at the scene and registered an FIR that cites attempt to murder and sections of the SC/ST Act, using the updated Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita nomenclature.
- Gaya police say they have identified three suspects, have arrested two, and are conducting continuous raids and interrogations to find the remaining accused.
- Manjhi and leaders of his Hindustani Awam Morcha say the stone-pelting follows earlier attacks and a social-media death threat linked to the family, with one recent arrest for an online threat.
- The case raises local law-and-order and caste-sensitivity concerns because the SC/ST charges escalate legal exposure and have prompted increased police deployment in Gaya district.