2024-09-21 18:54:25
Patna: Two days after 34 houses, mostly belonging to Scheduled Caste-Scheduled Tribe (SC-ST) communities, were torched in Bihar’s Nawada district, the state government on Friday put the Station House Officer (SHO) of Mufussil police station on line duty for alleged failure to “gather intelligence”. A group of people had set ablaze 34 houses in Manjhi Tola under Mufussil police station area of Nawada district around 7.15 pm on Wednesday.
15 people arrested
The police have arrested a total of 15 people in this case, including the main accused Nandu Paswan. An FIR has been registered against 28 people, including the 15 arrested accused, in this connection. Nawada Superintendent of Police (SP) Abhinav Dhiman, while talking to reporters on Friday, said that SHO Nilesh Kumar of Mufassil police station has been sent to the police line for alleged failure to gather intelligence… Gathering intelligence is an important job of the police. An explanation has also been sought from the SHO regarding the incident.
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investigation on policemen
He has been given a week’s time to respond. If his reply is not found satisfactory, disciplinary proceedings will be initiated against him. The SP said that the matter is being further investigated… If negligence is found on the part of other policemen, action will be taken against them as well. He further said that the situation in Nawada’s Manjhi Tola area is now completely under control. The SP said that adequate number of forces have been deployed there… and a search operation has been launched to nab other accused who are absconding in the case.
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Weapons recovered
He said that the police have recovered three pistols, several cartridges and six motorcycles from the possession of the arrested people. It is worth mentioning that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had condemned the incident on Thursday and directed the Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) to personally visit the spot and monitor the investigation. Kumar also stressed the need to arrest all the suspects as soon as possible. In the prima facie investigation, the police had said that the reason for this arson was a land dispute.
The administration is helping
The SP said that we are providing relief material including food packets and drinking water to the displaced people. Temporary tents have been set up for the victims. The district administration has given relief money of Rs 1 lakh each to all the families whose houses have been burnt. After this incident, a war of words has started between the ruling NDA alliance and the opposition. A group of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leaders visited Manjhi Tola on Friday and met the victims.