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Madhubani violence forces
Nitish Kumar to defer 'Adhikar Yatra'
Sunday October 14, 2012 03:46:06 PM,
IANS
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Patna: Bihar Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar Sunday deferred his 'Adhikar Yatra' to Buxar
and Bhojpur districts in the wake of violent protests in Madhubani
over the killing of two people in police firing Friday, an
official said.
Two people were killed Oct 12 in police firing on a violent mob
that was protesting the killing of a youth, whose headless body
was recovered 13 days ago in Madhubani.
An official in the chief minister's office said the 'Adhikar Yatra'
was deferred in view of an emergency meeting with top officials
here to take stock of the situation in Madhubani.
Nitish Kumar began his 'Adhikar Yatra' last month to mobilise
support of people to put pressure on the central government to
accord special category status to Bihar.
His 'Adhikar Yatra' was in trouble since the beginning as Nitish
Kumar faced protests by contractual teachers, students and others
at different places of the state.
In Madhubani, rampaging protestors Saturday set ablaze three block
office buildings, an equal number of police stations and several
vehicles parked there. They also ransacked a railway station and
attacked government property at several places.
Earlier Friday, two people were killed in police firing at an
irate mob in the town. The town has been simmering ever since a
headless body was found almost a fortnight 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 -- but the police
remained unrelenting.
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