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31 August 2006

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BJP joins Oppn in indicting po

PATNA: Recent incidents of atrocities perpetrated by policemen on hapless people, mostly Dalits and backwards, have made not only Opposition parties like the RJD and Congress but also BJP, a major constituent of the ruling NDA dispensation, highly critical of the state police.

The terror unleashed by an "unbridled" police has led to several protests across the state by the Opposition.
A BJP inquiry team recently visited Rohtas for an on-the-spot investigation into the death of a person in a road mishap and the subsequent police atrocities on residents of Suara village under Dehri police station.

It also probed the alleged implication of some BJP workers by the police. The team in its report to CM Nitish Kumar blamed the police for not taking any action, allowing the body of the killed compounder to be taken away from the police custody and resorting to lathicharge on protesters.

The team comprising Rameshwar Prasad, Awadhesh Narayan Singh and Kiran Ghai, all legislators, accused the police of implicating about 18 villagers, including a BJP worker, filing cases against them and taking no action against the culprits.

The report alleged that the police resorted to a "barbaric" lathicharge on shoppers and passersby in the bazaar following the villagers' protest. The policemen also entered Suara village where they assaulted men and misbehaved with women, it said.

The report further said the policemen also picked up 18 people from the village and included their names in the FIR. Later, seven of them were booked under serious IPC Sections and arrested. "But no action was taken against the policemen from whose custody the body was taken away. Neither was any action initiated against the doctor who incited the villagers.

The stand of the BJP only gives credence to the charge of the Opposition that the police are going berserk and pursuing their terror raj without any control. Moreover, the role of the police in the recent incidents such as mass rape of women in Lakhisarai and refusal to lodge an FIR, the lynching of four people in Bhojpur village in the presence of policemen and the brutal assault on people of the Lohar community has come under sharp criticism.

It is interesting to note that the CM himself is quite worried over the reports against the police brought to his notice by people at his janata durbar. "It will take time to make the police sensitive," Nitish once remarked.

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BJP joins Oppn in indicting po

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Times of India - India
31 August 2006