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“Forbesganj police firing unjustified”

PATNA: The Forbesganj police firing was wholly unjustified and could have been avoided, said National Commission for Minorities chairperson Wajahat Habibullah here on Wednesday.

While stating that a judicial probe would determine the cause of firing, Mr. Habibullah personally felt the issue could have been resolved without force. “The issue is whether the police firing was justified or not.... that is exactly why a judicial probe has been set up has been set up by the Bihar Government,” he said, adding that he had come to Bihar not to conduct an investigation but merely to suggest alternatives for a peaceful resolution of the issue.

Asked whether the police personnel had indeed sustained injuries in the melee, Mr. Habibullah said: “The SP, Ms. Garima Mullick, was injured in the stone pelting and had her wounds stitched. Her car too was attacked in the fracas.”

The Government had ordered a judicial probe into the police firing on June 6.

Mr. Habibullah, who visited Bhajanpur village on Tuesday, said he met the villagers, district authorities, the victims and employees of the Auro Sundaram International Glucose and Starch Factory.

He said that the road which the residents had been using for the past five decades was the only link to the market, the mosque and the hospital and stressed that an acceptable alternative should have been provided to villagers.

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