In a bizarre incident, two incarcerated former Ministers of Jharkhand State Government clashed with each other in Birsa Munda Central Jail in the State Capital on Thursday late evening when former MLA from Barkagaon, Yogendra Sao and former MLA from Kolebira clashed with each other in the jail and both of them reportedly used abusive language during the clash.
The Jail Administration informed that the two former Ministers first got confused about the transaction of Rs two thousand. Jail Superintendent AK Chaudhary said that the situation took place between the two former Ministers' and continued for some time then both of them started physically fighting with each other then some other jail inmates intervened to end the matter. "Earlier both of them made political allegations against each other and used abusive languages then threatened each other. After this, both sides have made separate complaints to the jail administration. Senior Police Officers have also received information about the incident," he added.
According to the Jail Administration both the Ministers have filed an FIR against each other at the Khelgaon Police Station on Friday. Former Minister Enosh Ekka has accused Yogendra Sao of using caste denoting terms with abusing language and threatening.
Ekka also demanded that the Police lodged a case under SC-ST Atrocity Prevention Act against Yogendra Sao. On the other hand, Sao also accused Enos Ekka of demanding extortion, threatening and abusing him.
Former Minister Enos Ekka was sentenced on February 25 by a CBI Court in the case of currently earning disproportionate assets. Apart from this, life imprisonment has also been done in the murder of a Para Teacher. At the same time, former Minister Yogendra Sao is lodged in Ranchi Jail on orders of the Supreme Court in cases, including the Satyagraha agitation against the acquisition of land for NTPC in Barkagaon area.
This is not the first case of dispute between two leaders in Birsa Munda Central Jail. Many such cases have also been reported earlier. On October, 31 2011, former Chief Minister, Madhu Koda protested over the poor food being served in the jail. During this time, there was a clash and fight between other prisoners in the jail. Koda's hand was also broken in this incident. Koda had filed an FIR against the jail administration in this case.
The second incident came to light on December, 25 2018 when a dispute took place between two former Ministers Bandhu Tirkey and Jharkhand Party leader Enos Ekka in Birsa Munda Central Jail. However, it could not be officially confirmed.