Security has been beefed up at Vilash Bhatta Bustee and Rupnagar, near the Marine Drive in Sonari for ensuring peace following clash between two slums where two murders took place during the past three days.
Six policemen were suspended on Saturday night for negligence following killing of a 23-year-old youth Kalicharan Mahto at Vilash Bhatta Bustee on Saturday morning.
Senior superintendent of police, Anoop T Mathew suspended the policemen as they had avoided to respond to a call by the deceased elder brother Durga while the assailants took the victim and murdered him.
Those who have been suspended were identified as constables Shushil lakra, Murli Bhuiyan, Chandrakant Prakash Swashi, and Naval Kishore Ram, all belonging to Tiger Mobile, havildar Uma Paswan posted and constable Nathaniul Murmu, both posted at Nirmalnagar Thana Out-post.
Senior SP, Mathew said the six policemen were suspended on the statement given by the murder victim's brother Durga. He said that it was responsibility of the police to respond immediately in such situation.
"On Saturday when Kalicharan's auto-rickshaw was stopped by a gang of six assailant near Vilash Bhatta and he was dragged inside, having watched the incident the murder victim's brother Durga ran to a police post nearby and informed the policemen posted there to come to the rescue of his brother. But instead of action, the six policemen did not pay heed to the distress call by Durga," said Mathew.
A resident of Rupnagar, Kalicharan who was also handicapped was killed while he was returning home in his auto-rickshaw after dropping the school children.
After he was intercepted near Villash Bhatta, he was dragged to a place where he was first hacked by a weapon and later stoned to death. His murder was in squel to take avenge of the murder of 18-year-old Biru Mahali who had also been bludgeoned to death at Rupnagar on Thursday night.
Officer-in-charge, Sonari police station, Suman Anand said that they have deployed 40 armed police men at both Rupnagar and Vilash Bhatta Bustee.
"Tension is gripped among the residents of two rival groups at Rupnagar and Vilash Bhatta. The armed policemen have been deployed to suppress attack by any of the two groups who are still blood thirsty of each other," said the officer-in-charge.
Suman said they have not made any arrest in connection to the twin murders along the Marine Drive, adding that four persons who had been caught by police on Saturday.
Notably, Rupnagar, Vilash Bhatta, Nirmal Nagar and half-a-dozen other slums that are set up along the Marine-Drive have come up on illegally. After the Saturday's revenge killing, the district administration has declared that they would verify if the houses set up in these slums are found to be set up on encroached land, the administration will evict them.