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MUNGER: Bihar’s Munger police is trying to trace a 25-year-old constable who has been missing since September 4, a senior police officer said on Friday. It is nighttime, emergency lights of police cars flashing blue, red and white in the background The constable, identified as Rahul Kumar of Purnea district’s Rambagh locality, was posted with Munger’s riot control police, his …

Munger violence: CISF report says police firing in the air instigated crowd

Patna: The Munger incident got political heated up on Friday after a report claimed that the state police fired in the air which instigated the crowd during the Durga idol immersion procession on October 26. The internal report filed by the Central Industrial Security Force, a copy of which is also available with this newspaper, clearly states that the local …

Violent Protesters Target Police Over Munger Firing; Election Commission Removes SP, DM

The Election Commission has removed the District Magistrate and the Superintendent of Police of Munger over the violence during a Durga Puja event early this week, even as a group of protesters went on the rampage in the town on Thursday, setting some police stations and outposts on fire and ransacking the SP and the SDO offices. Munger District Magistrate …

Munger Durga Puja violence: Locals attack SP's office, burn police vehicles

The furore over the brutality unleashed by Munger police personnel on the Hindu devotees who participated in the Durga Puja immersion ceremony in the town, which led to the death of an 18-year-old youth, has been on the rise. Hundreds of angry locals have now allegedly ransacked the SP Lipi Singh’s office and set fire to police vehicles as their …

Election Commission orders probe into Munger firing, orders removal of SP, DM

The Election Commission has ordered the removal of SP and DM of Munger in wake of firing and stone-pelting during goddess Durga idol immersion recently. The Election Commission has also ordered an inquiry into Munger firing incident and has asked for the probe to be completed in the next seven days. Election Commission of India orders immediate removal of SP …

Munger Police deactivates its Twitter account amidst claims of SP Lipi Singh being suspended

The official Twitter account of Munger Police stands deactivated after the police found itself in a centre of a furore over the brutality unleashed by its personnel on the devotees who participated in the Durga Puja immersion ceremony in the town. Munger Police Twitter account deactivated Here’s the snapshot of the archived version of Munger Police’s Twitter account which is …

Munger: SP claims deceased victim was shot by one of the devotees

As violence gripped the town of Munger in Bihar during the Durga Puja immersion ceremony and led to the death of one participant, SP Munger Lipi Singh defended the police brutalities on the devotees, claiming that the stone-pelting from devotees provoked the ensuing violence. Then the police didn’t even help to carry the injured to the hospital.https://t.co/xTKlIHSUiZ — Soumyadipta October …

Bihar: Two elderly women killed on suspicion of practising witchcraft; 5 held

Five persons were arrested for allegedly killing two elderly women suspected of practising witchcraft in Bihar's Munger, police said on Friday. According to the Superintendent of Police of Munger, Gaurav Mangla, the incident was reported from Gopali Chak village under the jurisdiction of Ladaiya police station of the district on February 24. The police, based on the statements of the …