Big relief to 28 bjp leaders including Babulal Marandi…
The jharkhand High court has given relief to bjp leaders. The FIR registered against 28 bjp leaders including then Union minister Arjun Munda, bjp mla Babulal Marandi, mp Sanjay Seth, deepak Prakash, mla CP Singh, Dhullu Mahato in the case of clash with police during BJP's secretariat march on april 11, 2023 in ranchi has been quashed. Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi's court pronounced the verdict on wednesday after hearing the petition filed by all of them.
The jharkhand unit of bjp had called for a secretariat siege against the failures of the then hemant Soren government. In view of this, the police had imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 in the secretariat and surrounding areas. The police used water cannons, tear gas to stop the protesters. They were also lathi-charged. During this, Ranchi's Dhurva Chowk remained a battlefield for about two hours and more than 60 people were injured.
FIR was registered on the statement of Executive Magistrate
In this case, an FIR was registered on the statement of Executive Magistrate upendra Kumar of ranchi District Administration, in which the accused were accused of rioting, inciting riots, violating government instructions, obstructing government work, inciting crime and causing harm to other persons
Attempted to uproot barricading
It was said in the FIR that BJP's program to surround the secretariat was announced on april 11, 2023. For this, the Deputy Commissioner and SSP of ranchi had jointly issued orders related to the deployment of magistrates, officers and security forces. For peace and order, prohibitory orders were imposed under Section 144 from 8 am to 11.30 pm on april 11 from Dhurva, Gol Chakkar to chandni Chowk Hatia. Despite this, the named accused and unknown workers tried to uproot the barricading, created a ruckus, threw bottles targeting the police force deployed on duty, pelted stones.
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