Judicial panel on Bagha police firing submits report to CM

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Press Trust of India Patna
Last Updated : Jul 02 2016 | 4:22 PM IST
The judicial commission on the police firing at Bagha in 2013, in which six Tharu tribals were killed and 25 policemen injured, today submitted its report to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar here.
The probe panel's chairman Justice Rajendra Prasad (retd) submitted the report at the official residence of the Chief Minister. Chief Secretary Anjani Kumar Singh, Principal Secretary Home Amir Subhani and Atish Chandra, Secretary to the CM were also present, an official statement said.
The commission was set up by the state government on June 24, 2013. The contents of the report submitted were not disclosed.
Prima facie, the violent agitation by the tribals was triggered as the Station House Officer of Navrangia Police Station allegedly did not register a missing case of a tribal youth and did not initiate action to arrest the accused.
The state government had suspended the SHO on June 25 that year and transferred the policemen involved in the firing.
Based on the report of the then Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) and the Inspector General of Prison, the state Home department constituted a one-member judicial panel headed by Justice Prasad (retd) to probe the incident.
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First Published: Jul 02 2016 | 4:22 PM IST

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