PATNA: In a rare show of unanimity, the Bihar Assembly on Friday expressed deep concern over the alleged running of parallel government and administration of “crude justice” by the outlawed Maoist Communist Center (MCC) in Central parts of Bihar.
Unlike the “routine” disorderly scenes in the State Assembly, the House members maintained a studied silence when Leader of Opposition Jagannath Mishra raised the issue of reported slashing of ears and noses of four persons in Gaya district of Bihar in the past one week by the MCC activists. The four victims were reportedly found guilty by the “jan adalat” of the MCC.
Mishra’s remark if the state was ruled by the Laloo Prasad Yadav Government or the MCC sparked off turmoil in the House.
As the members continued to cite examples of Government failure, Chief Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav intervened to say that his Government had seriously taken up the matter.
According to reports from the Konch Tekan area of the Naxalites dominated Gaya district in central Bihar, four persons identified as Jadu Sao, Kishon Saw, Raju Paswan and Ranjit Paswan had their noses, and ears slashed following a Jan adalat’s decree.
They were accused of burning to death a girl kidnapped from Patna district. The girl had become pregnant allegedly because of sexual exploitation by the accused. Earlier, the Jan adalat had punished Raju Paswan of Ghirsivi village and Ranjit Paswan of Balawa village under Tekari police station with similar punishments on charges of theft.
Besides administering crude justice, the Jan adalat also forced a youth to marry the girl, whom he wanted to abandon after clopping with her.
The Jan adalat was also likely to take up the case of three sugar department officials who have been char sheeted by the Jan Jwar, the organ of the MCC. They have been charged with a conspiracy to close the Guraru Sugar Mill. The mill’s closure, according to Jan Jwar, will render more than 1,200 workers jobless.
Article extracted from this publication >> July 23, 1993
