Flowing of rotten garbage in water logged Langertoli Lane and emitting of bad smell is the usual phenomenon. SUCI (Communist) activists took initiative to build up movement against this civic problem Residents lent their support and joined the movement. Protest demonstration started at the crossing of Nala Road and Langertoli Lane on August 12 at 10’ 0 clock. As anger was accumulating amongst the residents against the administration, they blocked Nala Road. Street corner meeting was going on. After sometime Ramakant Prasad, Town DSP, reached suddenly on the spot and tried to snatch mike from Com. Anamika, State Vice President, AIDSO, and pushed her towards police van. She was addressing the people gathered there. DSP hit Sadhana Mishra, District Secretary, SUCI (Communist) severely by throwing her on the Road. Common people burst their anger and the mob became furious. After the arrival of DSP with a large contingent of police force, police started resorting to lathicharge indiscriminately and unarmed people were being beaten up chasing on the roads and lanes. DSP started throwing the pieces of burning tires on the body of girls standing on forefront of the protesters. Some hairs and scarf (Dupatta) of Com. Pinki was burnt. She got injury on upper part of her hand. DSP threw pieces of burning tires even on Sadhana Mishra. The palm ofNikolai Sharma, AIDSO Patna Office Secretary cut deeply and he had got 8 stitches. Police continued indiscriminate lathicharge for half an hour from Nala Road to Langertoli Lane. Police arrested 14 people, including 9 women. DSP Ramakant Prasad beat severely Suryakar Jitendra, State Secretary, Anil Kumar, Former Patna District Secretary, Saroj Kumar Suman, Patna District Secretary of AIDSO in police custody asking why were they doing ‘Netagiri’. After getting tired by beating he ordered the fellow police personals to continue it. When Sadhana Mishra protested in high voice the act of Town DSP, he abused her badly and pulled and moved her hair fiercely. He pulled her spectacle and threw on the wall. Under the leadership of DSP Patna police continued beating 5 people for half an hour. Women activists were released in the evening. But Suryakar Jitendra, Anil Kumar, Saroj Kumar Suman, Rahul Singh and Mohan Singh were sent to jail.
A Citizens’ March comprising of professors, teachers, cultural activists, journalists, social workers and human right activists was organized on the next day (13th August) against severely lathicharge on local residents simply protesting against civic problems, severely beating up students leaders and misbehave with women leaders. The citizens’ march started from Bhagat Singh Chowk and reached Radio Station, where a meeting was held. All the speakers condemned in one voice the police repression on citizens. They demanded unconditional release of the arrested people, suspension of Town DSP and high level enquiry of the incident. The dignitaries who took part in Citizens’ March were eminent Economist Prof. Nawal Kishore Chaudhary, Prof. Vinay Kumar Kanth, Arvind Sinha, Rupesh, Chakrabarty Ashok Priyadarshi, Ashish Ranjan, Poonam, Nand Kishore Singh, Narendra Kumar, Vinod Kumar, Ajay Kumar Sinha, Anish Ankur, Sarfaraj, Shreekant, Baldeo Jha, Jay Prakash, Girija Ranjan Singh, Bal Govind Singh, Ajay Prasad, Com Arun Kumar Singh and Com Sadhana Mishra.
On 14th of August torchlight (Mashal Julus) procession of students and youths was taken out from Langertoli Lane to Dinkar roundabout. The procession turned into a street corner meeting at Dinkar roundabout. The Meeting was addressed by Indradeo Ray, Secretary, AIDYO Bihar, Sadhana Mishra, Patna District Secretary, SUCI (Cmmunist), Anamika, Vice President, Bihar AIDSO, Rajeev Kumar Sharma and Pushpa. While addressing meeting the speakers narrated the police atrocities on citizens. They opined that the regime recollects the emergency clamped by the then despotic Indira Gandhi. This kind of police atrocity with citizens, especially with women on the road and inside the police lockup is unpardonable in civilized society.
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