The brother of a man killed in an exchange of fire between policemen and locals in Vaishali district on August 13 has urged the Chief Judicial Magistrate to order institution of a murder case against 16 civil and police officials.
The man, Gulshan Sahni, was killed in Jandahan area during the exchange of fire following the killing of Manish Sahni, Vaishali district president of RLSP's extremely backward castes cell and head of Jandahan block panchayat samiti.
Manish Sahni was gunned down by unidentified men when he was coming out of his chamber at the block office.
Gulshan Sahni's brother Shashi Bhushan Sahni yesterday filed a case in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Vijay Krishna Singh for instituting a murder case against Mahua Deputy Superintendent of Police Malti Kumari, Mahua Sub-Divisional Officer Vinod Kumar, suspended Jandahan police station SHO Shobhakant Paswan, Jandahan Block Development Officer Rahul Kumar and 12 other policemen.
After Manish Sahni was gunned down, a mob had resorted to arson at the block office and Jandahan police station, prompting police to open fire in which one person was killed and five others were injured.
On August 17, five policemen, including SHO Paswan, were suspended for dereliction of duty.
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