In the year 2003 in Bihar, NHAI engineer Satyendra Dubey was killed because he had dared to raise his voice against rampant corruption in road construction in the state. In a recent audio clip that has gone viral, MP Pappu Yadav is reportedly heard threatening an NHAI official in an abusive, threatening manner.
In the audio clip, a voice that is said to be of MP Pappu Yadav is heard pressurising a NHAI official to hire an ambulance driver who is known to him. โI will end your โLatkhoriโ in 2 minutesโ, Pappu Yadav is heard saying in the clip. When the official requests him to speak as an honourable member of parliament and be careful of his mannerisms in language, Pappu Yadav asks his associates about the address of the said NHAI official.
What is the viral audio?
OpIndia cannot confirm the veracity of the viral audio, or if the voice in the video actually belongs to the MP Pappu Yadav. The clip has been viral in the last couple of days and has been widely reported as a call recording featuring Pappu Yadavโs conversation with a NHAI official.
In the clip, Pappu Yadav first addresses the official as โShekhar jiโ. When the NHAI official acknowledges his name, the caller saying that he is Pappu Yadav, tells him, โItna loose mat hoiye, tight rahiyeโ (donโt become so loose, maintain your composure and due respect). Yadav then asks the official to hire a man named Manish, who used to be an ambulance driver. When the official says he cannot decide the hiring process, Yadav retorts rudely, โDo what you are toldโ.
The NHAI official then expresses his inability to hire the man recommended by Yadav, however, Yadav refuses to take no for an answer. He starts a threatening, abusive tone with the official and asks where he is currently. When the official says that he is currently in Delhi getting treatment, Yadav tells him that he can cure him of his โLatkhori'(headstrong behaviour) and habit of funds misappropriation โin two minutesโ.
In the audio clip, the voice that is reportedly Pappu Yadav then asks his associates where the official lives. When he was told that he works in a hospital in Purnia, he then asked what post he holds.
Further in the conversation, Yadav asks the official when he is coming back. When the official refuses to share his travel plans with Yadav, Yadav loses his cool again. He asks the official โare you mentally okโ, adding abusive words. He says โwe will get you cured of your diseaseโ and despite requests by the official to speak politely, he continues the usage of expletives and abuses.
เคธเคพเคเคธเคฆ เคชเคชเฅเคชเฅ เคฏเคพเคฆเคต เคจเฅ NHAI เคเฅ เคเคซเคฟเคธเคฐ เคเฅ เคธเคพเคฅ เคเคพเคฒเฅ เคเคฒเฅเค เคเคฐ เคฆเฅ เคงเคฎเคเฅ! เคฆเฅเคจเฅเค เคเฅ เคฌเฅเค เคฌเคพเคคเคเฅเคค เคเคพ เคเคกเคฟเคฏเฅ เคนเฅเค เคตเคพเคฏเคฐเคฒ. เคฆเคฟเคฒเฅเคฒเฅ เคฎเฅเค เคเคฒเคพเค เคเคฐเคพ เคฐเคนเฅ เคเคซเคฟเคธเคฐ เคเฅ เคธเคพเคฅ เคเฅ เคเค เคเคพเคฒเฅ เคเคฒเฅเค. เคฏเฅ เคตเคพเคฏเคฐเคฒ เคเคกเคฟเคฏเฅ เคนเฅ เคเคฐ เคซเคฐเฅเคธเฅเค เคฌเคฟเคนเคพเคฐ เคเคธเคเฅ เคชเฅเคทเฅเคเคฟ เคจเคนเฅเค เคเคฐเคคเคพ เคนเฅ.#PappuYadav #CMO #ViralAudio #BiharPolitics #Controversyโฆ pic.twitter.com/CSZYDL47Wq
โ FirstBiharJharkhand (@firstbiharnews) September 9, 2025
Who was Satyendra Dubey?
Satyendra Dubey was an NHAI engineer who had written a complaint letter to the PMO highlighting the rampant corruption in road construction works in Bihar and Jharkhand. Dubey had not kept his identity hidden in the letter, and as a result, he became the target of a corrupt system in 2003.
Dubey was brutally shot to death inside the Circuit House in Biharโs Gaya, on November 27, 2003.
Dubeyโs murder had caused fear and apprehension among government engineers all over the country, over speaking against corruption. Though the main accused Uday Mallah was arrested eventually, Dubeyโs family believes that the actual culprits who had ordered the murder are still at large and the CBI investigation failed to punish the real criminals behind the murder.
Though Pappu Yadav is an independent MP, he calls himself a โCongressโ leader and recently he had termed Tejashwi Yadav as โleader of the peopleโ. The Jungle Raaj that ruled Bihar in the 90s and subsequent years is still lurking beneath the surface. Leaders like Pappu Yadav, who promote themselves as the saviours of the poor, are the products of the same Jungle Raaj and Lalu Yadavโs political legacy.
