Forbesganj police firing
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The Forbesganj police firing was a violent clash between a mob and Bihar Police outside an underconstruction factory, where four people were killed[1] and 27 policemen and five villagers were injured[2] near Forbesganj, a town in Bihar, India, on 3 June 2011.[3]
Bhajanpur villagers agitated for a road passage through the factory site beginning in December 2010. After negotiations with factory officials, an alternate route was agreed on.[4]
On 3 June 2011, a violent mob attacked the factory, demolishing one of its wall and committing arson. Police tried to control them with a baton charge, but when they grew more violent, shots were fired, killing two. Two more people later died in hospital from injuries sustained during the violence.[1]
Bihar Chief minister Nitish Kumar announced a judicial probe into the firing.[5]
Political reactions
- Sharad Yadav
JD(U) National President Sharad Yadav disapproved of the judicial probe saying decision to order a judicial probe into Forbesganj police firing incident may discourage private investment in Bihar and deter the industrialists from setting up their units in the state.[6]
- Ram Vilas Paswan
Lok Jantantrik Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan asked for resignation of Nitish Kumar: "Nitish should own moral responsibility for the police firing and also the killing of a doctor in Gopalganj jail," [7]
- Rashtriya Janata Dal
The judicial probe should also inquire into the role of deputy chief minister SK Modi, BJP MLC Ashok Agarwal and Forbesganj SDO Giriwar Dayal Singh, leader of the opposition in the state assembly Abdul Bari Siddiqui told reporters.[8]