Following immense social media outrage, five policemen of Madhubani district in North Bihar were suspended for a brutal assault on Maulana Mohammad Firoz during a ‘motorcycle check’. Maulana Firoz was returning from Sonaivillage under Khirhar police station. Opposition leaders have termed these policemen as ‘saffronised’.
Maulana Firoz is a resident of Kataiya village under Benipatti police station in the Madhubani district. Madhubani SP Yogendra Kumar said a video clip of the assault on Mohammad Firoz by the now-suspended policemen had gone viral on January 30.
Mohammad Firoz alleged that he was not only brutally assaulted but abused also. The police tried to pluck his beard also. Madhubani SP described that Firoz alleged assault and ‘other allegations’.
The SP had ordered the headquarters DySP to do an inquiry. The viral video was also taken as proof and the victim’s statement was recorded. After the initial investigation, five policemen were found guilty and eventually suspended. The suspended policemen include sub inspector Mukesh Kumar, havildar Ranjit Kumar, constable Vikram Kumar, chaukidar Suresh Paswan and Surdip Mandal. The SHO and probationer DySP Gaurav Gupta was transferred as he is also accused of torturing the Maulana.
Firoz has alleged that he was beaten even in the police station. He was released around 10 P.M. after a PR bond. However, SP Madhubani claimed that Firoz was not beaten in the police station.
Tejashwi Yadav visited Maulana Firoz’s home and inquired about the incident from him.
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