The Andhra Pradesh government has announced a judicial probe into the police firing that took place at Mudigonda in Khammam district on Saturday, killing six people on the spot and leaving two others in critical condition. The government has also announced Rs 5 lakh ex gratia and a government job to each of the families of the deceased. Three police officials, including the additional superintendent of police who had ordered the firing at the CPM activists, have been suspended apart from transferring the district superintendent of police.The police reportedly fired at the agitators who resorted to stone-pelting at them during a road blockade as part of the statewide bandh call given by CPM and CPI. The situation in Khammam till Sunday noon was tense with Left activists refusing to hand over the dead bodies for post-mortem. Visits of leaders belonging to various parties, including former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, to the firing spot this morning saw spontaneous rallies at Mudigonda. All the non-Congress parties, including the Telugu Desam, which actively supported the Left-sponsored bandh, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and BJP, have condemned the police firing besides demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Reddy.Meanwhile, senior Left leaders Sitaram Yechury and Gurudas Dasgupta took part in a rally organised against the police firing at Hyderabad on Sunday.
