Ramabai firing: Verdict on March 30

Nearly twelve years after a police firing,which claimed 10 lives,following the desecration of Dr B R Ambedkar’s statue,a fast track court in Mumbai will declare the verdict on March 30 in the case. Manohar Kadam,the then state reserve police officer,was accused of indiscriminate firing.

On July 11,1997 Kadam,had ordered his platoon to open fire on a mob of Dalits for rioting at Mata Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar. Ten people were killed and 26 were injured in the incident.

A commission was appointed under Justice S D Gundewar in November 1997,which completed its inquiry by August 1998. The report indicted Kadam for firing indiscriminately at the mob. Additional Ad- hoc Judge A Kulkarni has now kept the matter for final verdict on March 30.