Police and villagers of Balgo village, within limits of Birni police station, clashed in protest of the death of 20-year-old newly married Vinita Devi. She was missing since last 15 days. On Wednesday morning, flare-up left as many as a dozen people, including two policemen injured and damaged furniture of police stations. Officer in-charge of police station Nawal Kishor Prasad and one other constable was injured when the police restored to lathicharged to control violent protesters at the police station, police sources said.
According to reports, the trouble in the police station started after the body of a 20-year-old newly married woman Vinita Devi was found. The family members of the missing woman, Vinita Devi, claimed that it was her body and demanded that it be handed over to them. The local police took no action in the case.
People clashed with police after pelting stones and damaging some article of the police station. Top police officials including SDPO, Deepak Kumar Sharma, DY SP head quarter Ashis vijay Kujur local BDO were rushed to the spot and additional police personnel have also been deployed in the areas, Superintendent of Police, Giridih, Akhlesh V Verier said.
The situation in Saria was tense but under control, all the injured have been admitted to local health centre, according to a Bagodar SDPO Deepak Kumar Sharma.
Sources said that the mob turned belligerent after it came to know that Vinita Devi, whom the cops found dead, following her family’s complaint 15 days back had died due to police negligence .The angry villagers were shouting slogans against police and misbehaved with officer-in charge asking him to hand them the body of Vinita Devi and started ransacking the police station. later to control the mob police restored to lathi-charge at the angry mob to disperse them .
The people to get hurt were Hera lal Verma, Dulari Devi, Guria Devi, sabitri Devi, Kaila Mahto and others .