Patna, Dec 05: Bihar Director General of Police (DGP) D P Ojha, who raised the hackles of the state's political class by his outburst against politicians, has earned the ire of the state's ministers who have demanded his immediate removal. Members of the Rabri Devi cabinet are unanimous in their view that the DGP should be removed and departmental proceedings initiated against him, excise minister and RJD national spokesman Shivanand Tiwari told reporters here today.
Tiwari said he had sought Ojha's removal during yesterday's meeting of the state cabinet in view of his recent statement describing jailed MP Mohammed Shahabuddin and a few legislators of RJD and other parties as criminal politicians.
Even RJD leader Laloo Prasad Yadav had on Monday asked the police chief not to cross his limits. " The DGP should work more and speak less. It is none of his business to make public speeches against politicians", Laloo had said.
Ojha while addressing a gathering at Sonepur fair last Friday had lamented that power in Bihar had gone into the hands of 'lafanga' politicians (hoodlum politicians).
He had named incarcerated RJD MP from Siwan, Mohd Shahabuddin, as 'mukhiya' of kidnapper gangs in Bihar and also spoke against RJD legislators Surendra Yadav and Azad Gandhi, both accused in kidnapping and torture of a Gujarat-based businessman Atul Prakash early this year.
Ojha had also targetted expelled Samata MLA Sunil Pandey, currently in jail in connection with a kidnapping case and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) MLA Rama Singh, evading arrest in connection with some criminal cases registered in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand.
Bureau Report