Hazaribagh police have started gathering information about the active members of the Tiger Group which was banned by the State Government on October 7, 2016. The office of Superintendent of Police Hazaribagh has sent a letter to all the police stations of the district to enquire into the activities of the group members and its sympathisers.
In this letter it has mentioned that the home department of government of Jharkhand has banned the tiger group through its letter dated 7/10/2016 using the power vested to it as per law. In this letter issued by the deputy secretary of home department the sections and sub-sections of the laws have also been mentioned.
Tiger group, which was active in the Barkagaon, Keredari, Dadi, Patratu, Tandwa and some other blocks of Hazaribagh, Chatra and Ramgarh districts is said to be a group formed by former minister of Jharkhand Yogendra Sao. This was the group through which Sao used to convey his messages and threats to his opponents.
The group was under government scanner since last more than 2 years. On October 01, when some people forcibly freed MlA Nirmala Devi from the custody of District and police administration when the team was returning from Chirudih village of Barkagaon block where she was sitting on indefinite Kafan Satyagrah.
On that day ASP and circle officer of Barkagaon were beaten brutally by the miscreants in village Dadikala where the mob comprising tiger group members attacked on the district and police team. To control the situation police was forced to open fire on the mob in which four persons had lost their lives.
After this incident Jharkhand government finally took the decision to ban the group and notification was issued. After receiving this information and letter all the police stations have started searching the active members and sympathisers of this group and it can be hoped that soon some close men of the Sao couple will be behind the bars.