The State Government ordered a judicial probe into the worst-ever communal violence in Muzaffarnagar which so far claimed 31 lives besides leaving several others injured.
Heads have also started rolling in this connection with the Government shunting out almost all the officers including DIG of Saharanpur range and police chiefs of both Muzaffarnagar and SP Shamli districts on Monday.
“Government has taken the violence very seriously and formed one-member committee under retired Justice Vishnu Kant Sahai to make a judicial probe into the incident”, disclosed home secretary, Kamal Saksena. Briefing mediapersons here on Monday evening, Saksena said that Sahai will probe the reason behind the incident which took place from August 27 till September 9 and besides fixing the responsibility of the officers he will also recommend action against them. “The report will be submitted to the Government for further action within two months,” home secretary added.
Meanwhile ADG Bhavesh Kumar has been asked to take charge immediately as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in Meerut zone to supervise the law and order situation along with ADG (law and Order) Arun Kumar, who has been already camping in Muzaffarnagar to defuse the situation along with Inspector General of Meerut Range, Brij Bhushan. On Sunday, Government already deployed IG (ATS) Rajeev Sabbarwal in Muzaffarnagar as OSD along with IG (Public Grievances) Jai Narain Singh in Sambhal, and Chandra Prakash in Meerut.
Two Superintendent of Police rank officers - Raju Babu Singh and Vijay Bhushan were also sent to the trouble prone areas to assist the local police to maintain law and order situation.
The State Government also made a crack down on DIG range, Saharanpur DD Mishra who has been replaced by Ashok Mutha Jain, posted in police recruitment board as DIG on Monday morning. Besides the above, Praveen Kumar, commandant of 41st battalion in Ghaziabad, has been posted as new SSP of Muzaffarnagar in place of Subash Chandra Dubey and Anil Kumar Rai, commandant of 11th battalion PAC in Sitapur will be new district chief of Shamli, in place of Abdul Hamid.
All the three officers who were shunted out have been now attached with DGP office. Subash Chandra Dubey was posted as SSP of Muzaffarnagar just a week back after than SSP Manzil Saini was removed along with district magistrate after they failed to check communal violence in August 27 last.