The men and women in khaki, all trainee constables, on Friday went on rampage, attacking and assaulting their seniors and vendalising the new police line, hitting at the media people and commoners breaking their cameras and equipment and vehicle. They were protesting over the death of a woman constable Savita Pathak due to dengue and denial of leave to her. The officials including city SP, rural SP, DSP and sergeant major who reached the spot were abused and chased with rampaging cops throwing stone at them. A DSP rank official was seen bleeding with his uniform blood soaked.
In bid to ensure that their vandalism was not video-graphed they assaulted the cameramen and broke their equipment. Those who tried to film their acts on their mobile phones were also attacked and phones were snatched and smashed under their boots. They also rampaged a temple adjacent to the police line and smashed its CCTV camera unit. Over ten police vehicles were ransacked.
Even the tough and no non-sense SSP of Patna Manu Maharaaj could not dare to enter the police line. It was like a police revolt against the police force when the junior policemen were seen attacking and assaulting with sticks and stones violently the senior officials. Ten rounds were also fired but to no avail.
The daughter of a DSP rank official Maslehuddin Ahmad, whose residence is inside police line said they numbered no less than 300 and smashed over ten vehicles badly with flower pots and showed her own scooty which was destroyed.
The relatives of the DSP said attempts were made to kill the family members by breaking open the door and rampaging the quarter and left nothing untouched. The DSP was hit severely on his head. She said her father was in office when attack was made and they dragged him out and brought to the quarter assaulting him. “It was a pre planned murderous attack and they target DSP Ahmad even though he had nothing to do with granting leave to trainee constables,” said his wife.