Vadodara: An incriminating piece of evidence was caught on tape, which showed the angle at which the police in Vadodara were firing to restore peace.
The visuals, which were filmed on Monday, the day riots broke out in Vadodara, show the angle of a policeman’s gun, pointing straight at the mob instead of in the air.
Two people were allegedly killed in the firing.
The evidence has left the police open to the charge of shooting to hurt, and not to control the crowd.
The Gujarat police has been vulnerable to this charge ever since the riots of 2002.
Says Deepak Swarup, police commissioner, Vadodara, "Police had to resort to firing because our priority was to bring the situation under control. Chest level firing is not possible, because senior police officials were deployed for this task. Unfortunately, two people were hit. Chances are they were bending down at the time of firing."
Firoz Ghanchi, a victim of police firing said, "Police was firing at chest level. They should have fired in the air, but they did not."
The national commission for minorities has demanded a probe into the shooting. The central government has also asked for a full report.
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