Five killed in Bihar police firing

HAZARIBAGH (Bihar), AUG. 29. Five people were killed and 13 others, including six CRPF men and a DSP, injured when the police fired to disperse villagers who attacked policemen near Chaupran police station in Hazaribagh district today, officials said.

The State Home Commissioner, Mr. U. N. Panjiar, told PTI that villagers had blocked Grand Trunk Road near Berai this morning demanding immediate arrest of those involved in alleged rape and murder of a woman of Bela village on August 25.

According to the DGP, Mr. K. A. Jacob, the demonstrators burnt two police vehicles and injured six CRPF men and a DSP when they clashed with the security men. They also snatched a self-loading rifle from a jawan during the attack.

As the crowd swelled, the demonstrators went on the rampage and started pelting stones at the policemen when they tried to resist by lathicharging and teargas shelling, he said.

When the situation became uncontrollable, the police fired in which four persons were killed on the spot, while another succumbed to injuries on way to hospital, Mr. Panjiar said.

The injured were rushed to the Ranchi Medical College Hospital and Sadar Hospital here where their condition was stated to be critical.

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