Munger firing: Election Commission removes SP, DM amid violent protests in the town
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Thursday (October 29) took motion within the Munger violence case and eliminated the District Magistrate and the Superintendent of Police. The ballot panel additionally ordered an inquiry into the firing and stone-pelting throughout the immersion of an idol of goddess Durga late Monday evening wherein one individual had died and a number of other others had been injured.
The Election Commission requested Magadh Divisional Commissioner Asangba Chuba Ao to finish the probe inside every week.
Munger District Magistrate Rajesh Meena (2012-batch IAS officer) has been transferred to the General Administration Department (GAD), whereas SP Lipi Sigh (2016-batch IPS officer) has been moved to the state police headquarters, the Home Department stated. IPS officer Lipi Singh is the daughter of RCP Singh, the JD(U) chief within the Rajya Sabha.
Hours later, the Bihar authorities, on the directions of the Election Commission, named 2010-batch IAS officer Rachna Patil as the brand new District Magistrate and 2009-batch IPS officer Manavjit Singh Dhillon as new SP. Patil was working as a Registrar of Cooperative Societies within the Cooperative Department, whereas Dhillon was a Special Task Force SP.
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Earlier within the day, a bunch of protesters in the present day went on the rampage within the city, setting some police stations and outposts on fireplace and ransacking the SP and the SDO workplaces. The agitators had been enraged as no motion was taken towards the SP and different police personnel over the Monday evening incident.
The agitators went berserk and reportedly tried to set Kotwali and Kasim Bazar police stations on fireplace, however there they had been confronted with robust resistance from the policemen who fired within the air to disperse the mob.
Additional Director General of Police (Headquarters) Jitendra Kumar informed PTI-Bhasha in Patna that an additional police power has been despatched to Munger. Deputy Inspector General of Police, Munger, Manu Maharaj led a flag march in Munger city to convey the scenario below management.
The RJD-led Grand Alliance (Mahagathbandhan) has strongly criticised the Monday incident, likening the district police with General Dyer of the notorious Jallianwala Bagh incident in Punjab throughout British rule on April 13, 1919.
The incident, which passed off on the eve of the primary part of polling, had its affect on voting too as two of the three Assembly seats — Munger, Jamalpur — within the district witnessed decrease voter turnout as in comparison with the 2015 polls.
Munger constituency had witnessed a ballot share of 54.26 in 2015, however on Wednesday it recorded 47.89 per cent turnout. Similarly, the decline was from 49.70 per cent to 47.24 per cent in Jamalpur this time, however Tarapur recorded a polling share of 54.80 this time in comparison with 52.66 in 2015.
The police division has additionally ordered the removing of in-charges of Muffasil police station and Basudeopur outpost in reference to the October 26 firing and baton-charge incidents.
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