Law Kumar Mishra
Patna, April 1
One person was killed while three persons were injured in fresh rounds of firing in between two communities in Bihar Sharif on Saturday night.
According to police sources, 12 rounds of firing took place between the members of two communities on Saturday night in the Bihar Sharif where violence erupted during a procession taken out on the occasion of Ramnavami on Friday. Of the three injured, two are reported to be policemen.
Reports reaching from another troubled city of Sararam said that an exchange of fire took place between the two communities on Saturday night. The police suspect that the gun battle could continue in the night.
Meanwhile, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday alleged mischief caused communal violence in Sasaram and Biharsharif.
District Magistrate of Nalanda Shashank Subhankar claimed that outsiders had come to Biharsharif and they created tension, violence and arson at the district headquarters. He alleged violence was pre-planned. Miscreants have been identified, 28 people arrested.
Nitish Kumar said he came to know about violence at 6 pm on Saturday. “I have asked my officials to identify those responsible for the mischief,” he said, adding that he was pained. “This type of communal violence took place for the first time during my chief ministership. Who did it and why, are being investigated,” he added.
The Chief Minister said it was not a law and order problem, but tension caused by the miscreants.
Asked about the last-minute decision of the Home Minister to cancel his Sasaram visit, he said, “I do not pay attention, who comes and why cancels his visit”. It is their discretion–come and not to come, he added.
Meanwhile, temporary migration from the violence hit colonies have started at Sasaram.
