As many as six Bihar legislators have been booked for violation of the provisions of model code of conduct, which had come into effect following announcement of the assembly polls schedule by the Election Commission on Monday last, official sources said on Friday.
The exercise for government formation in Bihar on Saturday gained momentum.
A group of 50-60 armed Maoists killed two villagers in Chenari Block of Sasaram district in Bihar on Thursday night, according to some media reports.The attack comes barely three days after a group of over 1,000 Maoists slaughtered 76 Central Reserve Police Force personnel in an ambush in the thick forests of Mukrana in Dantewada, Chhatisgarh.
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