Firing

23 May 2008

In power

BJP — Rajasthan

Acted

Police, Rajasthan

On 23 May police fired on Gujjars at the rail roko near Pilupura and Dumariya, Bayana tehsil, Bharatpur, on the Delhi-Mumbai line; a crowd lynched a head constable of the Rajasthan Armed Constabulary. Officials said police fired after tear gas and rubber bullets failed to stop the crowd. The state ordered a judicial inquiry by retired High Court judge F.C. Bansal. On 24 May police fired at Sikandra, Dausa, where the DGP said a crowd of 2,000-2,500 armed protesters attacked the police station. Tolls for both days are contested [9][10][12][7][4][13][1][2][3][5][8][6]

• 4 + 1 killed at Bayana on 23 May (deaths in police firing confirmed by the Home Minister, said Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria [9]
• 15 killed at Bayana on 23 May, said Home Minister Kataria and police (as reported by UNI) [2]
• 19 killed on 23 May (16 in police firing and three police personnel), said Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee [9]
• 14 killed on 23 May, said Kirori Singh Bainsla [1]
• 4 killed in police firing at Sikandra on 24 May, said Home Commissioner V.S. Singh and DGP A.S. Gill [10]
• 18 killed in police firing at Sikandra on 24 May, said The Hindu (Sunny Sebastian) [10]
• 14 victims of the Sikandra police firing whose post-mortems the state decided to conduct, said The Tribune (Chitleen K Sethi) [12]
• 16 firing victims whose bodies were at the Pilupura dharna site, said Rajasthan official S.N. Thanvi (as reported by UNI) [8]
• at least 36 total killed since 23 May, said UNI [3]
• 39 total killed in the 2008 agitation in Rajasthan, said The Hindu (Sunny Sebastian) [11]

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