Violence in Bihar town escalates; protesters
this time torch police station
Saturday October 13, 2012 02:20:42 PM,
IANS
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Patna: A day after two
youths were killed and over a dozen people injured in a police
firing, rampaging protesters in Bihar's district headquarter town
of Madhubani Saturday torched the block office building, a police
station and several vehicles, an official said.
"Protesters pelted stones at police and torched the Basapatti
police station and block office building early Saturday. They also
set on fire the vehicles parked there," a police official said.
Another group of protesters blocked roads and went on rampage in
the town, police said.
With tension gripping Madhubani town, shops, commercial
establishments and educational institutions remained shut
Saturday, a district official said.
Two youths died Friday on the spot after being hit by bullets and
over a dozen were injured during a clash with police in Madhubani,
around 170 km from here.
All the injured have been admitted to hospital in the neighbouring
Darbhanga district.
"Condition of three people was said to be critical and they were
shifted to the Patna Medical College and Hospital," an official
said.
The trouble in the town started after a headless body was found 11
days ago. The family members of a missing youth, Prashant Kumar,
claimed that the body was his and demanded that it be handed over
to them.
Hundreds of people joined them. But when police refused to give in
to their demand, the mob started pelting stones and torched the
collectorate building, SDM office, a police station and several
vehicles parked there Friday.
Police opened fire and lobbed tear gas shells to disperse the
protesters, the police official said.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has ordered a judicial inquiry
into the incident and transferred the district magistrate and
superintendent of police with immediate affect, an official said.
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