Patna: On the first anniversary of the police firing at Forbesganj in which four members of the minority community were killed and many others injured, the Opposition parties on Sunday demanded a CBI probe into the incident.
Demanding the probe, RJD state unit chief Ramchandra Purve who led an 'Aakrosh March' in Patna during the day alleged that atrocities against the minorities have increased during the NDA rule.
Slamming the Nitish Kumar government for trying to put the incident in the cold storage by ordering a judicial probe into the matter, he said, it has not only been trying to protect those officials responsible for the incident in Forbesganj, but it has also not given succour to the kin of the victims of the police firing.
Leader of opposition in the legislative council and RJD, Gulam Gaus, alleged that there has been an increase in the number of murders of minority persons during the NDA rule while several others have been framed in false criminal cases....
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08:12 PM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Bihar government's stand on a plea for a CBI probe into the police firing on a group of villagers in Forbesganj in June that left five persons dead. A bench of justices RM Lodha and JS Khehar issued notice to the state government, seeking its response to the plea for CBI probe into the incident. The plea was made by a...
01:13 PM, Oct 10, 2011
Forbesganj: RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Monday held Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy SK Modi responsible for the police firing at Bhajanpura in Bihar's Araria district in June. Prasad, who led a march organised by his party from Patna to Forbesganj, said the firing "could have been averted" had the chief minister and his deputy taken preventive steps. He said his party would launch a state-wide campaign...
09:13 PM, Sep 05, 2011
Araria: AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will visit Forbesganj in Araria district of Bihar on Friday to know the circumstances leading to the police firing that killed four Muslims on June 3. Gandhi would land at IAF airbase in Purnia from New Delhi and leave for Forbesganj in Araria district, District Magistrate in-charge Shashi Bhushan Prasad told PTI. Meanwhile, party sources claimed in Patna that Gandhi would meet the affected...
06:08 PM, Jun 30, 2011
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission today said it will send a team for conducting an on-the-spot inquiry into alleged police firing and killing of four persons in Forbesganj in Bihar on June 3. The rights panel has asked its Director General (Investigation) to depute a team to the area in Araria district of the state. Four persons, including a woman and a baby, were killed in police firing...
06:53 PM, Jun 20, 2011
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Bihar, in a new, resurgent India, is often presented as a case study of what a positive politics of development and inclusive growth can yield. ...
06:48 PM, Jun 20, 2011
Patna: No action has been taken by the Nitish Kumar government even 10 days after the police crackdown on villagers in Forbesganj in Bihars Araria district where four people were killed in police firing. Amia Khatoon has been mourning the loss of her 16-year-old son Mustaq, who was shot at and lynched by the local police. "My son was caught in the clash. He was severely beaten by the police....
10:20 PM, Jun 15, 2011
