3 Killed & 14 arrested in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur in Violence.

PATNA/MUZAFFARPUR: For an arson 14 people have been arrested during clashes between two communities in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur. Three people died in this arson.The district administration has announced Rs 5 lakh as compensation to the kin of those who were killed in the clashes. Besides, Rs 1 lakh has been given to the people owning the 20 houses that were torched by the mob. The govt has also given Rs 42,000 each to 57 families that lived in the 20 houses.

A relief camp has been set up by the district administration for those affected by the violence. Security in the village has been increased and additional troops have been deployed.

Three people were killed, with two being roasted alive, and more than 20 houses of a particular community were set ablaze during a clash at Bhelwara Roopnath near Azizpur chowk under Saraiya police station of Muzaffarpur district on Sunday.

According to police sources, trouble between the members of rival communities had been brewing for the last four-five days after a Sahni boy, Bhartendu Kumar, eloped with a girl belonging to minority community. Family members of both the boy and the girl were accusing each other leading to clash on Sunday when Bhartendu’s body was found in a paddy field owned by one Shafaquat Ali.

Bhartendu’s family suspected Shafaquat’s hand in the boy’s killing. Soon after news of Bhartendu’s murder reached his family and neighbours, a strong group of Sahnis became violent and burned the houses belonging to the minority community.

Some of their men were trapped inside and lost their lives while others sustained injuries. Shafaquat Ali has been arrested, according to reliable sources. But the situation at the village is tense. CM Jitan Ram Manjhi on Sunday ordered a high-level probe into the incident.

Manjhi, who will return to Patna on Monday after cutting short his Mumbai trip, said the state government would ensure stern action against the all the persons involved in the violence and arson.

“The two-member inquiry team will be headed by state’s principal secretary (home) Sudhir Kumar, while ADG (headquarters) Gupteshwar Pandey will be the other member. The inquiry team will soon visit the trouble-torn village and submit its report to the government as early as possible,” Manjhi said in a statement issued in Patna on Sunday evening.

Source:Timesofindia

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