Reacting to Gandhi's visit, Deputy Chief Minister S K Modi said, “I am not against the Congress leader's visit to Forbesganj, but he also should have gone to Bhagalpur where hundreds of people died during the riots when the Congress was in power in Bihar”.

“The visit has nothing to do with politics and is to give a healing touch,” he said. Kaiser said that Gandhi met the bereaved families besides those injured. He, however, left after a group of persons standing there with flags tried to draw his attention to the loss of property in the arson before the firing. She went on to act in many in south Indian language movies. The Congress leader also went around the starch factory at Bhajanpura near here, where the firing took place on June 3 claiming four lives. Manjula the Beautiful and Talented Actress made her debut in 1969 Tamil movie Shanti Nilayam. Gandhi directed state Congress president Choudhary Mehboob Ali Kaiser to bring the injured boy to New Delhi for treatment. He also spoke to Ansari's mother Phulia Khatoon.

The Congress General Secretary, who went to the house of a boy, Md Rashid Ansari who was injured in the firing, said that all assistance would be provided to the victims. Manjula Vijayakumar was a south Indian actress who concentrated most on Tamil movies.