The main accused in the case of attack on Chief Minister Hemant Soren's convoy, Bhairav Singh on Thursday surrendered in the court of Civil Court Judge Abhishek Prasad. The court sent him to judicial custody for seven days. Bhairav Singh was the target of the police since the attack on the convoy. Now, the Ranchi Police will take him on remand for questioning.
Earlier on Wednesday, police had sent 26 other accused to jail in connection with the case. On Thursday, the hide and seek game continued for a long time at Ranchi Civil Court. Bhairav Singh surrendered before the court amid the deployment of Kotwali ASP and heavy police force in the court premises. The procedures related to the surrender were completed.
Ranchi Police had deployed police forces of four police stations in the State Capital to arrest Singh. The command of Singh's arrest was handed over to the Kotwali DSP, but Singh surrendered in the Civil Court dodging the police. Police of Sukhdeonagar, Kotwali, Argora, Chutia police station of Ranchi were engaged in his arrest. An FIR has been registered in Sukhdeo Nagar police station against 150 people, including a total of 65 nominated in the case.
Notably, on January 4, the Chief Minister's convoy was attacked at Kishoreganj in the State Capital. Director General of Police (DGP) MV Rao on Wednesday held a meeting with all the senior police officers, including Ranchi SSP and directed to take action against the two police stations in-charge.
Bhairav Singh is associated with right wing organizations -- a resident of Koker area of the State Capital. However, his entire family lives in Hindpiri in Ranchi. A large number of youth are followers of his social media account. He was married only a few days ago, and many BJP leaders attended the wedding ceremony.