Seven policemen suspended over Begusarai firing incident

Five suspects detained for interrogation; BJP slams Nitish Government over law and order situation

A day after the firing incident in Bihar’s Begusarai district in which nine persons were injured and one was shot dead, seven policemen were suspended on Wednesday.

Five suspects were detained for interrogation. BJP workers blocked the National and State Highways while the party leaders slammed the mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) government in Bihar over deteriorating law and order situation.

Two motorcycle-borne miscreants, while crossing three police stations, had opened indiscriminate fire for over 25 minutes while moving on the National Highways 28 and 31 at different places in Begusarai district on Tuesday, killing Chandan Kumar, 31, and injuring nine others. Some of the injured were later shifted to Patna for better medical assistance. The miscreants first opened fire at the Malhipur chowk (thoroughfare) in Begusarai town.

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Later they resorted to indiscriminate firing at the Barauni Thermal chowk, Teghra, Bacchwara and Rajendra bridge before entering into Patna district. Their identities are yet to be ascertained, though, district police have detained five persons for interrogation.

Those who got injured in the firing incident are: Rohit Kumar (23), Deepak Choudhary (22), Gaurav Kumar (23), Vishal Kumar, Arvind Choudhary (27), Amarjit Das (40), Prashant Kumar Rajak, Bharat Yadav (45) and Jeetu Paswan.

“I was selling ice cream at the Malhipur chowk when the motor-cycle borne assailants came and shot at me randomly. Another person too was shot at,” said Mr. Jeetu Paswan.