CRPF will be asked to vacate stadium and colleges

Patna, Feb 10 (PTI) Expressing shock at the killing ofa national level woman Kabaddi player by a CRPF jawan, ChiefMinister Nitish Kumar today said the state government hasdecided to ask the central forces to vacate its camp at MoinulHaque stadium and colleges in Bihar.

The state government has written letters to CRPFauthorities in the past urging them to vacate its camp atMoinul Haque stadium and colleges in Bihar, he told reportershere.

"Our officials will meet CRPF officials soon and askthem to shift their camps from the sports stadium and thecolleges in Bihar," Kumar said.

A CRPF jawan Jaswant Singh had shot dead Kabbadiplayer Manisha (21), a railway employee, near Bahadurpurrailway crossing here last night.

The body was taken by her father and other relativesalong with railway officials from here to Ambala by train onway back to Himachal Pradesh for cremation.

Besides the minister for art, culture and youthaffairs minister Sukhda Pandey, several senior railwayofficials from East-Central railway were present at PatnaJunction.