EC orders immediate removal of Munger DM, SP
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Order comes amidst violent protests by locals in opposition to the police firing on October 26
The Election Commission on Thursday ordered the immediate removal of Munger District Magistrate (DM) and Superintendent of Police (SP) over the loss of life of one particular person and the accidents sustained by a number of others in an incident of police firing within the city over the immersion of an idol of Goddess Durga on October 26.
The EC has additionally ordered a probe into the incident by Magadh Divisional Commissioner Asangba Chuba Ao within the subsequent seven days, and requested the State authorities to nominate a brand new DM and SP within the district quickly.
“The EC has ordered removal of Munger DM Rajesh Meena and SP Lipi Singh over violence and police firing in the town…it has also ordered probe into the incident which is to be completed in next seven days,” mentioned a Bihar Election Commission official Sanjay Kumar Singh.
The order got here amidst violent protests by locals in opposition to the police firing on October 26, which led to the loss of life of a younger man, Anurag Poddar, 22, and left a number of others injured. The protesters indulged in arson on the workplace of district officers on Thursday, setting some automobiles on fireplace.
The Opposition Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) have condemned the incident and demanded that the Prime Minister instantly dismiss the Nitish Kumar authorities.
Sharing a video which has gone viral on social media, Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala requested, “Will the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party)-JD(U) (Janata Dal-United) government thrash Goddess Durga worshippers like animals?…Will the BJP-JD(U) government kill people for immersing Durga idol?…The Munger police firing has reminded us about General Dyer of the Jallianwala Bagh incident of 1919.”
Mr. Surjewala additionally mentioned that the BJP-JD(U) authorities “has no right to stay in power even for a minute”. “Why is Prime Minister Narendra Modi is keeping mum over it?..Where are these Union Ministers like Giriraj Singh, Ravi Shankar Prasad, R.K. Singh and Nityanand Rai?” requested the Congress chief whereas demanding that the PM should “dismiss” the Nitish Kumar authorities for “targeting bhakts (devotees) of Maa Durga”.
The Munger SP Lipi Singh, a 2016 batch IPS officer, is the daughter of senior JD(U) chief R.C.P. Singh.
“During Durga Puja immersion, some anti-social elements resorted to stone pelting, which injured 20 policemen, and after this, someone from the crowd fired shots, leading to one death and others injured,” Ms. Singh advised mediapersons after the incident.
On October 26, a violent conflict passed off between police personnel and a bunch of folks going for the immersion of a Goddess Durga idol, which led to police firing by which one particular person was killed and over two dozen locals had been injured.
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