UCL’s Bakoria report could put cops in spot
Ranchi: Palamu police is likely to face fresh trouble in the Bakoria
(Palamu) encounter case of June 8 with PUCL investigation questioning
the veracity of encounter spot as has been mentioned by police and
describing at least eight in the group to be civilians with no criminal
record. The Bakoria encounter occurred on the intervening night of June 8
and 9 under Satbarwa PS of Palamu in which 12 people were killed. Those
killed in the encounter were branded as Maoists by the police.
Led by the district police, the encounter was later joined by 209
CoBRA battalion and 134 battalion of the CRPF. Jharkhand unit of
People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) conducted an independent
inquiry, taking suo moto cognizance of the encounter on basis of media
reports and notice of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), served to
the state government on June 16. Four-member-team of the state unit
that went for inquiry on June 18-19 concluded that there are glaring
evidences to show that the spot of encounter, as mentioned by police, in
the FIR is not true.
PUCL state vice-president Stain Swami while addressing media here on
Saturday, released a copy of the inquiry report and said that the
encounter spot, adjacent to the crusher of one Jumrati miyan in Bhelwahi
tola, under Bakoria village of Satbarwa police station had no sign of
encounter. “According to the FIR lodged by police, following the
encounter, security forces fired 200 rounds in retaliation to the
Maoists but ,” he said arguing that despite such heavy firing there were
no traces of bullet marks on the spot. “The place of occurrence is a
flat ground with no tree or elevation to seek guard for firing during
the encounter,” Stain pointed.
The team interviewed over 40 people including villagers of Bhelwahi
(spot), family members of deceased and policemen and recorded their
statements audio visually. PUCL general secretary of Ranchi unit Anand
Kumar Singh said that out of the 12 people killed in encounter, four
were minors including Charku Tirkey (12) of Amwatikar, Latehar, Mahendra
Singh Kherwar (15) of Heratu, Umesh Singh Khairwar (16) of Garu,
Latehar and Budhram Oraon (17) of Manika Latehar whereas fifth—Sakendra
Parahiya (18) was a member of the primitive tribe group having no
criminal records. “Some of these were students in the local government
schools,” he said. Vijay Tirkey elder brother of Charku has accused
Anuragji of forcibly taking away his brother from home on evening of
June 8.
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