NHRC to probe police firing in Bihar's Forbesganj village

New Delhi: Acting on complaints by politicians and the civil society, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Monday said it will investigate an alleged incident of police firing in Bihar earlier this month in which four people were killed.

The decision came after politicians like Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Brinda Karat, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan and human rights activist Mohan Lal Panda met NHRC chairperson K.G. Balakrishnan, asking for action in the matter, a statement by the rights' panel said.

Shabnam Hashmi of the NGO, SAHMAT, also led a delegation to meet Balakrishnan on the matter.

"The NHRC today (Monday) asked its director general (Investigation) to depute a team for conducting an on-the-spot inquiry into an alleged incident of firing by police and killing of four persons in village Bhajanpura in the Araria district in Bihar on June 3, 2011," the statement said.

"Those killed included a pregnant woman and a 10-month-old child. Allegedly, after shooting down the persons, the policemen also kicked one of them with boots crushing him to death finally," it added.




 

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