The authorities, however, denied reports of police firing and said that only a mild force was used to bring the situation under control.The incident took place near Gopalpur village under Bedaul police outpost when a group of flood victims put up road blockade and indulged in arson on NH-77 connecting Sitamarhi with Muzaffarpur. The flood victims were irked over closure of community kitchen, which was started by the district administration after the victims were evacuated to safer places.The road blockade led to traffic jam on the busy road. A police team attached to Bedaul police outpost rushed to the spot to remove the blockade.The police tried to convince the protestors but in vain. The situation, however, turned worse when the police used force to lift the road blockade. The protestors pelted stones on the cops. Additional reinforcement was requisitioned from the district headquarters as the situation was going out of control.The police resorted to lathicharge and opened four rounds in the air to disperse the unruly mob. Though nobody was injured in the firing, a police officer sustained injuries.Vidya Sagar, SP, Rural, Muzaffarpur, said the police resorted to baton charge to quell the protestors indulging in stone pelting, road blockade and arson. "Now the situation is under control. Additional police force has been deployed in the area as a precautionary measure," he told this newspaper over the phone. The SP, however, denied reports of the police firing.

Cops 'fire in the air, lathicharge on flood victims in Bihar's Muzaffarpur

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