FIR against 5,000 in Masuri riot case
19 Sept 2012 7:57 AM IST
Ghaziabad police have registered cases against 5,000-strong mob in rioting case in Masuri area on Friday night. No arrests, however, have been made so far and curfew was again imposed on Tuesday night after giving relaxation in the daytime. Heavy security deployment was done in the area to control the situation.
Meanwhile, in a confidential report prepared by the Additional District Magistrate Ghaziabad R K Sharma, who had ordered firing, and S P [Rural] Jagdish Sharma, who was also trapped inside the police station during the riot, late response of police head office has been blamed for the menace.
According to sources, Senior Superintendent of Police [SSP] Ghaziabad Prashant Kumar reached the site with additional force after one-and-a-half hours after the first message of rioting and demand of additional force was flashed.
According to the report, around 10 people reached Masuri police station at 6 pm on Friday get an FIR registered after some pages of a holy book were found along the railway track near local railway station, Adhyatmik Nagar, in the area.
The mob soon swelled up to over 50 persons within half-an-hour and police had to register the FIR around 6.30 pm. Some of the people then jammed NH-24, on which the first message was flashed on the wireless and four senior officers-Additional District Magistrate P K Sharma, S P [Rural] Jagdish Sharma, C O Sadar Ajay Kumar and SDM Sadar-rushed to the site. They tried to pacify the crowed but failed. The cops used rubber bullets and other measure but to no avail.
The first message-‘to provide maximum possible additional force to Masuri, situation is out of control and even our lives are in danger’-was flashed on the police wireless at 7.35 pm which was repeated at 7.45 pm. At 8.40 pm ADM ordered firing to control the mob and it dispersed after two men fell down due to bullet injuries.
Meanwhile, M K Narayan, Commissioner, Meerut who is conducting inquiry into the case has said anybody willing to record his statement from either side could approach him.
Meanwhile, in a confidential report prepared by the Additional District Magistrate Ghaziabad R K Sharma, who had ordered firing, and S P [Rural] Jagdish Sharma, who was also trapped inside the police station during the riot, late response of police head office has been blamed for the menace.
According to sources, Senior Superintendent of Police [SSP] Ghaziabad Prashant Kumar reached the site with additional force after one-and-a-half hours after the first message of rioting and demand of additional force was flashed.
According to the report, around 10 people reached Masuri police station at 6 pm on Friday get an FIR registered after some pages of a holy book were found along the railway track near local railway station, Adhyatmik Nagar, in the area.
The mob soon swelled up to over 50 persons within half-an-hour and police had to register the FIR around 6.30 pm. Some of the people then jammed NH-24, on which the first message was flashed on the wireless and four senior officers-Additional District Magistrate P K Sharma, S P [Rural] Jagdish Sharma, C O Sadar Ajay Kumar and SDM Sadar-rushed to the site. They tried to pacify the crowed but failed. The cops used rubber bullets and other measure but to no avail.
The first message-‘to provide maximum possible additional force to Masuri, situation is out of control and even our lives are in danger’-was flashed on the police wireless at 7.35 pm which was repeated at 7.45 pm. At 8.40 pm ADM ordered firing to control the mob and it dispersed after two men fell down due to bullet injuries.
Meanwhile, M K Narayan, Commissioner, Meerut who is conducting inquiry into the case has said anybody willing to record his statement from either side could approach him.
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