Jharkhand Police, following the killing of Maoist turned politician Manoj Nagesia, formed a four member Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by Simdega SP Rajeev Ranjan Singh under the supervision of Ranchi Range DIG Ranchi to look into the matter and find out the truth. The BJP leader Nagesia was attacked by an unidentified assailant when he was dining with his friend in his house on Saturday night at lacharagarh in Simdega and succumbed to his injuries while being carried to the hospital.
“SIT has been formed which will be headed by SP Rajiv Ranjan Singh to investigate the murder of Manoj Nagesia. DIG Ranchi has been camping in Simdega to closely guide and supervise the investigations. We will get to the bottom of it and see to it that none of the guilty is spared,” said ADG (Operations) and Jharkhand Police Spokesperson RK Mallick. Kolebira PS case no 40/17 dated October 7, 2017 has been registered in this connection, he added.
Earlier, expressing shock over the incident, Chief Minister Raghubar Das had directed the director general of police to initiate prompt action to apprehend the culprit as soon as possible.
Senior Police Officials including IG Naveen Kumar Singh and DIG Homkar Amol Venukant visited the spot on Sunday and took stock of the investigations conducted so far and passed on required directions in this regard.
Simdega SP, heading the SIT, was asked to consider all the prospects during the investigation of the case and try to find out the truth as soon as possible after getting all the truth in this regard.
Incidentally, Manoj Nageshia, also the treasurer of Jharkhand BJP committee (ST/SC cell), had contested unsuccessfully from Kolebira Assembly seat against the sitting MlA Enosh Ekka. Madeshia basically was a Maoist who had returned to the mainstream after being released from jail.