IPS Officer Lipi Singh Accused Of Ordering Cops To Fire On Durga Immersion Procession, Becomes Saharsa SP
IPS Officer Lipi Singh (Twitter)
Controversial IPS Officer Lipi Singh who has been accused of ordering cops to fire on devotees participating in a Durga immersion procession, has been appointed as the new Saharsa Superintendent of Police (SP),
India Today has reported.
On 26 October a
member of a Durga Puja immersion ceremony died due to a bullet wound in Bihar s Munger town. The deceased was identified as 18-year-old Anurag Kumar Poddar who suffered a fatal bullet wound to his head.
The cops were accused of first thrashing and brutally lathi-charging devotees. Later the cops are said to have fired gunshots in the air allegedly on the orders of Lipi Singh.