Rahul Gandhi visits families of victims of police firing in Forbesganj (Bihar)

AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi visited Forbesganj in Araria district of Bihar today afternoon. Rahul Gandhi visited the houses of victims and met their families. He assured them justice.
He asked State Congress president Choudhary Mehboob Ali Kaiser to bring the injured boy Md. Rashid Ansari to New Delhi for treatment.

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The gruesome incident took place as the locals were protesting construction of a starch factory in the area on the government acquired land. The upcoming factory had raised a wall which blocked only approach road of the village Bhajanpur to outside world. To register their protest the locals on Jun3 assembled at the place where the wall was being raised. During the demonstration police without warning opened the fire on the villagers. As a result 4 members of a minority community were killed and 30 others injured including a 6-month-old infant and a pregnant woman.
The state authorities claimed that the villagers were forcibly demolishing the wall. BJP politician Sushil Kumar Modi had earlier visited the area to lend support colleague BJP leader connected with upcoming factory.
A video showed a police man jumping over the head a protestor. The policeman was later arrested and charged with murder. In other case when a dead body was received for post mortem, it was found that the man was still alive.
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