Press Trust of India
Mathura, June 5: The death toll from Thursday’s clashes between encroachers of Jawahar Bagh and the police Sunday rose to 29 with two more people succumbing to injuries even as the Aligarh divisional commissioner launched a probe into the incident. Mathura Senior Superintendent of Police Rakesh Singh said 45 cases have been registered against 3000 encroachers belonging to a cult — Azad Bharat Vidhik Vaicharik Kranti Satyagrahi — an outfit that claimed to owe allegiance to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
An unidentified encroacher died during treatment in the district hospital here and one Pinkoo, a resident of Azamgarh, succumbed to his injuries in SN Medical College in Agra, taking the death toll to 29, Chief Medical Officer Vivek Mishra said.Aligarh Divisional Commissioner Chandra Kant, meanwhile, launched a probe to ascertain the circumstances leading to the incident, which has left the Samajwadi Party government of Uttar Pradesh red faced and invited sharp criticism from the opposition.
Kant, who said he would go into the reasons for the incident and ascertain the likely lapses, said he would submit his report to the government within a fortnight. The Divisional Commissioner, who met top district officials including DM Rajesh Kumar, SSP Rakesh Singh and other top officials, as part of the “recommendatory probe”, said he would visit Jawahar Bagh, the scene of violent clashes which also left two police officers, including a Superintendent of police, dead, to record the statements of eyewitnesses and others.
“Why the incident took place, whether it was properly tackled, shortcomings in operation Jawahar Bagh, what was the level of shortcomings, whether firing orders were given late…any other points will be looked into,” Kant said. Combing operations are underway to look for explosives and hidden weapons and would continue even Monday, SSP Rakesh Singh said, adding some more arrests were likely.
Explosives found from Jawahar Bagh
Mathura: A large amount of explosives were found during the search operation at Jawahar Bagh where 29 people, including two police officers, died following a clash between police and encroachers, officials said Sunday. “Five kg of sulphur, 2.5 kg of gun powder, one kg potash, 500 grams of small iron balls and an electronic plate were found during the search operation in Jawahar Bag Sunday,” SP Rural Arun Kumar Singh said. Nine company of Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC), along with police personnel, have been deployed in Jawahar Bagh to carry out search operation, he said.
