ARA, June 21 -- Leaders from two main Opposition parties from the state -- Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress -- visited Bilauti village in Shahpur block of Bhojpur district to meet family members of a youth who was killed after a dramatic encounter with police on June 17.

The youth, the family claims, was "mentally deranged" and had even surrendered his weapon to the police before he was fired upon. He had died of bullet injuries later in the PMCH. As the encounter raised a widespread hue and cry, the state government announced it to be probed by a retired high curt judge.

The RJD delegation or the investigation team, led by its leader Uday Narayan Chaudhary, met with the deceased's family, witnesses of the encounter and local vil...