Police firing did not kill anyone in Bharatpur: Official
Sunday September 18, 2011 11:02:34 PM,
IANS
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Jaipur: Claims and
counter-claims over the violence in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district
continued Sunday as Chief Secretary Salauddin Ahmed said here that
none of the eight killed was a victim of police firing.
"We have so far recovered eight bodies and none of them was killed
in police firing," the chief secretary told reporters, adding that
all victims have been identified.
Members of the Gujjar and Meo communities clashed in Bharatpur
district Wednesday over a piece of land, one group claiming that
it was for a burial centre and the other that it was for a pond.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot left for Delhi after he is believed to
have been summoned by Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi over the
violence.
Leaders of the Meo community to which all the victims belonged
earlier claimed that the maximum casualties were in firing by
police and not by the Gujjar community.
"Deaths in our community, we strongly feel, were due to the police
firing," said a Meo, on condition of not being named.
The Rajasthan government Thursday evening ordered a committee
headed by senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer V.S.
Singh to probe the incident.
On Friday, the government announced a Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) probe into the clash between the Gujjars and
Meo communities that took place in Bharatpur's Gopalgarh village.
"Other factors related to the violence, including how it broke out
and negligence if there was any, will be probed by the various
committees set up by the government and the CBI (Central Bureau of
Investigation)," said an officer.
He added that the superintendent of police, additional
superintendent of police and district collector have been removed
from Bharatpur.
Several Muslim groups at the national as well as the state level
had protested against the alleged police atrocities on Muslims.
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.
Despite the minister's pleas, a deadlock continued over the
autopsy of seven of the eight bodies. The families of the victims
did not allow the post-mortem examinations to be conducted,
demanding a case of homicide be registered against officials who
ordered police firing.
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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