The Bhoot Mela site near Jhareewa river under Karkatta panchayat of Naudeeha police station is calm and peaceful after gun shots fired by the posse of security men on Wednesday to disperse a mob of more than a 1,000 people including women and children protesting security men's action against Baba Bhagat there.
DIG police Palamu Saket Kumar Singh said peace and normalcy has returned to this village. The villagers have begun to realize that this kind of Bhoot Mela is a big exercise to dupe them of their hard earned money.
In this so called Bhoot Mela, the self styled black art practitioners sell dreams and fleece the common people. Women are most exploited.
To a question that security forces found a huge number of condoms there at the Bhoot Mela site DIG police said 'This is true. A good number of used condoms have been found at the Mela site'.
Palamu SP Patel Mayur K lal has sent a report to State human rights commission about the police firing. It has also sent to NHRC Delhi said sources. Sources said from this Saturday or Sunday the divisional commissioner Palamu J P lakra and DIG police Saket K Singh will start holding a joint inquiry into the police firing at this Bhoot Mela which took the toll of one life.
The State Home department has issued a notification in this regard for the joint probe by the divisional commissioner and the DIG police Palamu.
DIG Saket confirmed to have received the notification of the state Home department for the joint probe
The bereaved family has declined to lodge any FIR. However, the police will lodge the FIR on its own.
According to DIG one police official A Mishra has been shunted out from Saraideeh police picket.
However people's demand for disbanding of Saraideeh police outpost DIG said ' This is just not possible as this out post has thwarted and contained the extremism to a great extent'.
Saraideeh police out post is close to Bihar border and has successfully curbed the influx of the extremists from Bihar said sources.