Bihar sets up SIT to Probe Muzaffarpur Killings

Posted on 24th Jan 2015 03:20 pm by mohit kumar

Patna, Jan 22 (IANS) Bihar Thursday set up a Special Investigating Team (SIT) to probe the death of five people in Muzaffarpur district four days ago which had triggered off a communal clash, officials said.

Police headquarters formed a five-member SIT headed by Saraiya sub-divisional police officer Manoj Kumar to probe the violence, Additional Director General of Police, headquarters, Gupteshwar Pandey said.

According to a police officer, the Crime Investigation Department's inspector general is monitoring the SIT probe.

On Sunday, hundreds of people attacked a village in the district after a 20-year-old Hindu boy's body was found. The boy was allegedly abducted and killed for his love affair with a Muslim girl.

A first information report was registered Monday against 2,000 unidentified people. Police have so far arrested 14 people in connection with the case.

Other news

In any case, Indians leave Kharkiv today, go towards these settlements; Embassy issues new advisory

The Indian Embassy on Wednesday issued a new advisory asking Indians living in Kharkiv, Ukraine's

Salman Khan: Salman Khan shared a post at midnight, and this thing in the background created a stir on the internet

Fans of veteran actor Salman Khan are desperate to get a glimpse of him. Now the actor has create

Joe Biden and PM Modi will meet leaders of Pacific island countries, future strategy will be discussed

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape said that US President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Mi

Uber travel expensive: Uber hikes fares by 12% in Delhi-NCR, explains reason for increased oil prices

Uber has increased fares by 12% in Delhi-NCR. The company has said that it has taken this decisio

Cleaning of Rivers: 30 thousand crore rupees approved for cleaning many rivers including Ganga, Jal Shakti Minister gave information

Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said on Tuesday that over Rs 30,000 crore have been

PM Modi's Maharashtra visit: Schemes for women and youth launched, foundation of PM Mitra Park also laid

The Prime Minister launched the Acharya Chanakya Kaushal Vikas Kendra Yojana of the Maharashtra G

How the two cases of Omicron were caught and what is the preparation, the government told in detail

In India too, a new variant of the coronavirus, Omicron, has knocked. Both these cases have come

Saying 'very less oxygen is left, patients will not be saved', the CEO of this hospital bursts

The lack of oxygen in the country's capital, Delhi, can be easily gauged by seeing the tears of a

Is the fear of coup troubling PM Imran Khan too, the chair was awarded only on the deadlock of the ISI chief

In Pakistan's media, these days the ongoing standoff between the army and the Imran government is

Poster release of the film: 'Adipurush' director Om Raut shared the film's fan-made poster on the occasion of Ram Navami

Filmmaker and director Om Raut have shared a fan-made poster of Prabhas's look in his film Aadipu