Forbesganj firing: SC sends notice to Bihar

The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Bihar government’s stand on a plea for a CBI probe into the police firing on a group of villagers in Forbesganj in June that left five persons dead.

A bench of Justices R M Lodha and J S Khehar issued notice to the state government,seeking its response to the plea for CBI probe into the incident.

The plea was made by a civil society,Association for Protection of Civil Rights,alleging that the state government was protecting the police officials who had resorted to the firing at unarmed villagers.

The non-governmental organisation