In the Balodabazar violence case in Chhattisgarh, senior Congress leaders have left for the spot. During this, former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said that due to the failure of the government, the Collector and SP offices were burnt down. Both the offices were burnt down and the SP and Collector fled from the back door.
Baghel said that all our MLAs are going to Balodabazar. We will investigate there. After this we will submit the report to the party. This is the biggest case not only of Chhattisgarh but of the entire country, on which the Collector and SP office were burnt down.
This is the biggest failure of the government- Bhupesh Baghel
Bhupesh Baghel said that this is the biggest failure of the government, even after all this, they are talking nonsense. Regarding the formation of BJP’s investigation committee after Congress, the government should have formed such a team earlier. This is the biggest failure of the government. Now they are forming a committee to hide their failure.
Congress leaders should discuss with public representatives of the society
The team going for inspection includes former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, PCC Chief Deepak Baij and Leader of Opposition Dr. Charan Das Mahant along with Congress MLAs. They have left for the Balodabazar violence site from Rajiv Bhavan. They will discuss with the public representatives of the society in Balodabazar. After this, they will hold a press conference.
The Congressional investigation committee inspected the scene of the incident
All the Congress stalwarts and workers gathered at the Congress state headquarters Rajiv Bhawan. From here a large number of Congress leaders and workers left for Balodabazar together. A day before, the Congress investigation committee had inspected the site of the incident.
First know why the violence broke out…
According to the information, the religious symbol Jaitkham installed in Baghin Cave located in Manakoni Basti, about 5 km from the Satnami community’s religious place Girodpuri Dham, was damaged late on the night of May 15. Thousands of people of the community were protesting for several days in Dussehra ground near the Collectorate against the demolition of Jaitkham.
Accused of protecting the real accused
The police arrested 3 people in this case and sent them to jail. People allege that the people arrested are not the real accused and the police is protecting the culprits. During the protest on Monday, people became furious over this issue. After this, the situation kept deteriorating.
Know what has happened so far…
- May 15: The religious symbol Jaitkham installed in Baghin Cave located in Manakoni Basti, about 5 km from Girodpuri Dham, the religious place of Satnami community, was damaged late at night.
- May 16: When people came to know about it in the morning, they demonstrated on the spot demanding action.
- May 17: A case was lodged with the police.
- 19 May: People of the community blocked the roads in Manakoni Basti demanding the arrest of the accused. During this, Guru of the community and former minister Rudrakumar demanded action, while Guru Khuswant Saheb reminded of the protests held during the Congress government.
- 19 May: Police arrested 3 accused from Bihar in this case. During interrogation, it was found that the contractor was not paying money for the tap water scheme work. Therefore, the accused vandalized the place under influence of alcohol.
- 20 May: A meeting of the people of the society was held. It was said that the wrong accused have been arrested. Those who are guilty should be caught. The outline of the movement was prepared there.
- 21 May: A memorandum was submitted to the police and administration regarding the arrest of the culprits. Since then, people of the society have been continuously submitting applications demanding investigation and action.
- 08 June: The collector called a meeting of the peace committee with administrative officers, police officers and people of the society. An appeal was made to avoid agitation. It was also said to expedite the investigation.
- June 9: Deputy CM and Home Minister Vijay Sharma ordered a judicial inquiry.
- 09 June: On the same day, with the permission of the administration, the society sought permission for a one-day demonstration on 10 June at Dussehra ground near the Collectorate.
- 10 June: During this demonstration, people suddenly became violent and the chaos kept increasing. During the violence, the Collector-SP office was set on fire. Many vehicles were burnt.
- 10 June: Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai called a high level meeting. Orders were issued to arrest the miscreants. IG and Commissioner have been sent to the spot and a report has been sought.
- 10 June: 7 separate FIRs were filed. 73 accused were arrested, 200 were taken into custody. 12 police teams were formed to search for the rioters and a team of 22 police officers was formed for investigation.
- 11 June: Police arrested 200 accused by evening. 12 police teams were formed to arrest the rioters. Raids were conducted at many places.
- 11 June: Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai expressed his displeasure in a meeting with the officials. He said, how did the information not reach you people when such a big incident happened? Why was a backup not kept?
- 11 June: Late night IAS Deepak Soni was appointed as the new collector and Vijay Agarwal as the new SP. Removed collector KL Chauhan was made special secretary in the ministry and SP Sadanand Kumar was sent to the police headquarters.
