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Bharatpur Riots: Policemen removed after Cong
team confirmed negligence
Thursday September 22, 2011 11:00:24 PM,
IANS
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Jaipur: The entire
staff of Gopalgarh police station in Rajasthan's Bharatpur
district was removed Thursday after it was found negligence in
handling the clash between two communities that led to eight deaths
and 20 injuries last week.
Members of the Gujjar and Meo communities clashed in Bharatpur
district Sep 14 over a piece of land, one group claiming that it
was for a burial centre and the other that it was for a pond.
The Bharatpur superintendent of police ordered the removal of 20
policemen from the station, including the inspector in charge .
The move came after a fact-finding team, sent by the Congress
party leadership at the centre, visited Bharatpur recently and
categorically said there was administrative negligence during the
clash.
"The police inspector and other staff have been sent to reserved
police lines. Further investigation is on," a police officer told
IANS.
The state government Thursday appointed retired Rajasthan High
Court judge S.K. Garg to conduct a judicial inquiry.
The government has already announced a Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) probe into the clash.
Groups like Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind condemned
the violence and demanded strict action against the officers and
also members of the Gujjar community.
Union Minister of State for Home Bhanwar Jitendra Singh also
visited Bharatpur Sunday to meet the families of victims.
The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party has also ordered a committee
headed by senior leader Digambar Singh to probe the incident.
The government has announced compensation of Rs.5 lakh each to the
families of those killed.
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