New Delhi: The nationwide outrage over the police atrocity against a petty thief in Bhagalpur has forced the Bihar Government to act tough with the cops.
Following an official-level enquiry into the incident, the Nitish Kumar Government late on Thursday dismissed the two policemen from service with immediate effect.
The two policemen had been put under suspension on Wednesday on the charge of assaulting and dragging a chain-snatcher tied to their motorcycle two days ago.
LB Singh, an assistant sub-inspector, and constable Ramchandra Rai have been dismissed by DIG (Bhagalpur range) G Sharma and Bhagalpur superintendent of police JS Gangwar, official sources in Patna said.
The two policemen were accused of joining a crowd in thrashing a petty thief, who had snatched the chain of a woman devotee, at Manaskamnadhish temple at Nathnagar near Bhagalpur on August 27.
They had tied the man's leg to a motorcycle and dragged him for several metres as he writhed in pain pleading for mercy. The incident had triggered a public outcry following which the errant policemen were placed under suspension.
Meanwhile, the Lok Sabha on Thursday condemned the Bhagalpur incident. Speaker Somnath Chatterjee observed that it was his hope that such an incident would not recur anywhere in the country.
"It is against human rights and on behalf of the entire House. I wish to condemn the incident. It is not a question of apportioning blame here," he said.
Expressing confidence that all appropriate action would be taken by the authorities concerned in the "very unhappy" incident, Chatterjee said, "We should deal with this matter rising above party considerations".
Earlier, RJD members, including Vijay Krishna and Ram Kripal Yadav, threatened to storm the well protesting the incident, which, they claimed, reflected that there was no government in the state and the minorities were unsafe. This was countered by members from JD(U) and BJP.
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