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Muzaffapur/Patna, At least 14 persons have been arrested in connection with Sunday’s violence in a village here in which three persons were charred to death when a mob torched nine houses following the recovery of the body of a kidnapped youth.
Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, who was in Mumbai, cut short his visit in view of the Muzaffarpur incident, and security has been tightened at Ajitpur village.
The Chief Minister has ordered a probe by Principal Secretary Home Sudhir Kumar and ADG (Headquarters) Gupteshwar Pandey in the incident. He has announced Rs 5 lakh compensation for kin of the dead and Rs 50,000 to the injured and their treatment at government expense.
Muzaffarpur Senior Superintendent of Police R.K. Mishra told PTI that at least 14 persons have been arrested in connection with the incident.
Security has been tightened in the area with additional deployment of five companies (500 personnel) of the Bihar Military Police (BMP), Additional Director General of Police (Headquarters) Gupteshwar Pandey, who is camping at Muzaffarpur since last night, told PTI.
The ADG and SSP described the situation at present as peaceful.
Manjhi, who had gone to Mumbai and was scheduled to go to New Delhi from there, has curtailed his programme and is reaching Patna from Mumbai in the afternoon, sources in Chief Minister’s Office said in the state capital.
The SSP said three-tier security arrangenments have been made at the village, on its periphery and in the district headquarters to quell any violence.
The Chief Minister has also announced rebuilding of houses torched in the arson and compensation for the damage to properties, an official release said.
PTI
