On Thursday, July 13, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders took out a march to protest towards the Bihar authorities over the posting of academics and the employment concern within the state. Patna police used lathi cost on the gathering by which BJP chief Vijay Kumar Singh, died at Dakbangla Chauraha within the metropolis. He was taken to a hospital, the place he was declared introduced useless.
#WATCH | Patna: BJP staff maintain Vidhan Sabha March towards Bihar govt on concern of the posting of academics within the state.
(Visuals from Gandhi Maidan) pic.twitter.com/4DatNuwNGH
— ANI (@ANI) July 13, 2023
Former deputy chief minister of Bihar and senior occasion chief Sushil Kumar Modi additionally tweeted concerning the tragic incident.
Arrested by Bihar police in Patna .Jehanabad dist GS Vijay Kumar Singh died in brutal police lathi cost.@ANI @ABPNews @News18Bihar @ABPNews @aajtak
— Sushil Kumar Modi (@SushilModi) July 13, 2023
The police additionally bodily assaulted BJP MP from Maharajganj, Janardan Singh Sigriwal, who suffered grave accidents to his head. The demonstrators have been subjected to extreme lathi-charge resulting from which they acquired a number of accidents.
The police in its defence, claimed that they tried to cease the march on the Dak Bungalow crossing, which infected the state of affairs. The protesters have been stopped from heading in direction of the restricted VIP space by the police utilizing power.
According to the police, the dissenters blocked visitors on the crossing by sitting for a protest which led to the lathicharge.
The police additionally used water cannons and tear gasoline shells on the protesters whereas making an attempt to disperse them.
#WATCH | Patna: Security personnel use a number of rounds of tear gasoline shells to disperse BJP staff protesting towards Bihar govt pic.twitter.com/4zKcFh0TH7
— ANI (@ANI) July 13, 2023
Ramkripal Yadav, former deputy chief minister, and Sushil Kumar Modi have been amongst those that questioned police brutality. They declared that the behaviour was unacceptable and that these accountable ought to face punishment. They acknowledged that people who dedicated the lathi cost have to face authorized repercussions.
They emphasised, “We’ve already stated that the Nitish Kumar administration will need to respond to these inquiries. We attempted to bring up these issues in the house as well, but no one responded, so we took to the streets.”
Leader of the opposition of Bihar Legislative Council, Samrat Choudhary alias Rakesh Kumar additionally requested, “Why did the police lathi-charged the peaceful march?”
