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Thackeray to be sued over bus shooting
The father of Rahul Raj, a youth shot dead by Mumbai Police after he fired indiscriminately in a city bus, yesterday said he would sue the Maharashtra government and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray in Supreme Court.
- IANS
- Published: 22:58 November 1, 2008
Patna: The father of Rahul Raj, a youth shot dead by Mumbai Police after he fired indiscriminately in a city bus, yesterday said he would sue the Maharashtra government and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray in Supreme Court.
Kundan Prasad Singh is unhappy with the Maharashtra government's probe into his son's killing and angry with Thackeray for having justified the action of the police in Mumbai.
"I will file a PIL [public interest litigation] soon for justice," Singh said.
Raj, 25, was shot dead on Monday after he attacked the conductor of a bus and fired at a passenger from a country-made revolver.
Before being shot dead, Raj had said that he wanted to kill MNS chief Thackeray for inciting his party workers to attack youths from Bihar, who were in Mumbai for a railway recruitment examination.
Singh said Maharashtra's delay in ordering a judicial probe into the incident was frustrating.
"I fail to understand their hesitation in ordering a judicial probe into the case. It shows that the so-called encounter was fake," he added. Singh said his son was innocent and had nothing to do with politics.
Rahul's sisters, Puja and Priyanka, said that they had lost faith in the Maharashtra government.
"Our innocent brother was killed by Mumbai police, how can we expect justice from the Maharashtra government? We want a judicial probe by a Supreme Court judge," Puja said. Puja, who works in a bank, also questioned why her brother's post-mortem report had not been released five days on.
Priyanka, who is pursuing a masters in computer applications, said Mumbai police had not even contacted their family. "The Mumbai police is yet to contact us in connection with preparing a report in the case," she said.
Fallout
Official targeted
A woman government official from the state, with the surname Thackeray, was the target of a mob that surrounded her office and raised slogans against Maharashtrians in Purnia district of Bihar.
Ashwini Dattarey Thackeray, a Bihar cadre Indian Administrative Service officer, was the target of a mob of over 200 people. The mob, led by a local leader of the Lok Janshakti Party, surrounded Thackeray's office in Purnia, about 350km from here, and shouted slogans like, "Go back Maharashtrians".
- IANS
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