Final report yet to reach CM
Silence prevails at Shilagain village in Ranchi on third day after the blood spill which took place on Tuesday followed by an inter-community clash that took place about 35-km away from the State capital. According to police sources, the situation currently is under control and adequate steps have been taken to maintain peace in the area. Meanwhile, a joint report to be submitted by South Chhotanagpur Commissioner and Zonal IG is still awaited by the government.
Chanho report is still awaited, which is likely to be submitted by tomorrow," said Home Secretary NN Pandey. Chief Minister Hemant Soren had asked for a detailed report of the incident. “Chief Minister had asked for a detailed report on the incident identifying those who were responsible for the incident so that action could be taken against them," Pandey added. South Chotanagpur Commissioner KK Khandelwal without revealing the details asserted that the process of preparing the report is under progress. "The process of preparing the report is on which is to be submitted to the government very soon," said Khandelwal. The police, on the other hand, emphasized that the situation in the area is gradually improving and all steps are being taken to maintain peace in the area. "The situation on the ground is improving day by day one to one contacts with the people of the area through peace committees are being regularly done," said IG MS Bhatia. Regular monitoring of the area is being done by the police in order to prevent the situation to escalate any further, he said. "I also visited the area today along with the other officials to take stock of the situation; it is far better now," added Bhatia.
The police officials held a peace committee meeting at Shilagain village in order to heart the grievances of the people of the area and tried to pacify them requesting them to maintain peace in the area. "Everything is under control in the area and a peace
committee meeting was also held in the village in order to bring in normalcy and remove hatred against each other among the people of the area," said officer in charge of Chanho Police Station. Blood spilled on the streets of Shilagain village under Chanho police station on Tuesday followed by a dispute between two groups over a piece of land. One Dashrath Oraon succumbed to his injuries while another person got critically injured. Over 10 policemen, including Rural SP SK Jha and DSP Khalari PN Kishore sustained injuries while trying to control the mob frenzy. About 35 people got injured in the incident.