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The 31-Year Waiting Period for Justice

7 February 2026 - Patna, Bihar

Record date
7 Feb 2026
Location
Patna, Bihar
The odd part

Bihar Police proves that they never forget a paperwork error, even if it takes three decades and a convenient political protest to remember it.

What happened

Independent MP Pappu Yadav was arrested this week for a forgery case dating back to 1995. While the state has struggled to solve thousands of modern crimes, the bureaucratic filing cabinet for the mid-90s suddenly popped open just as the MP was leading protests against recent administrative failures. In Bihar, the law doesn't have a 'statute of limitations'; it has a 'statute of political timing.'

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