Taking a swift action following violence at Neori, which took place on Monday where several houses along with some vehicles were set ablaze by the mob after murder of a land broker Nasim Ansari, SSP Kuldeep Dwivedi on Wednesday suspended Mesra OP (out post) in-charge Anand Kishore for negligence in discharging his duty.
“Mesra OP in-charge has been suspended for inept handling of the situation. He could have gauged the situation in a better way and action would have been taken in a better way,” said Dwivedi.
The situation however, is coming to normalcy in Neori village as people have started coming back to their homes.
“Situation now is coming to normalcy as people who left their houses on Monday night have started coming back. On the basis of the statement recorded by such families, one more FIR has been lodged in this regard,” said SP City Kishore Kaushal.
Meanwhile, efforts are also being made for the arresting of accused persons who have been named in the FIR, he added. People involved in setting the houses on fire have also been identified and a hunt has been launched for them, said the City SP. Meanwhile, people after two day gap, have started returning to their abode, picking up whatever bits and pieces they can gather from the leftover of the arson.
Neori which is divided into two groups, one — who are the original residents of the village and have been living here for several years and secondly, who migrated from Assam and are settled recently in the village in Sirat Nagar locality.
The violence erupted due to tension between two groups which was prevailing against each other from quite some. Murder of Nasim Ansari took place in the same backdrop.
At least 30 houses and a dozen of vehicles were set afire and a number of houses looted in violence that erupted after a land broker was murdered on the outskirts of Ranchi. Trouble erupted after Nasim Ansari, a land broker and resident of Neori village, 20 km from Ranchi, was hacked to death on Monday night.
The alleged killer, identified as Mohammad Zakir, reportedly called Ansari for a meeting to settle a land dispute. When Ansari was seated, he was allegedly hacked to death by a sharp weapon.
The irate mob, gathered after the incident immediately attacked on Sirat Basti searching for Zakir, and gutted at least a dozen of houses into fire and set ablaze several motorbikes parked on the roadside.