Chief minister Hemant Soren, considered the most prominent tribal face of the JMM, is facing one of the toughest challenges of his tenure after the killing of Surya Hansda in a police encounter in Mahagama on August 11. Police said Hansda, wanted in several criminal cases, was shot when he tried to escape from custody.
Hansda, a former BJP leader who later joined the Jharkhand Liberation Krantikari Morcha (JLKM) and contested multiple assembly polls, has become a rallying point for the opposition. The BJP has staged protests on the streets and inside the assembly, accusing the police of custodial torture. On Friday, a delegation led by state BJP president Babulal Marandi met Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar and sought a CBI probe.
“The police killed Surya Hansda by subjecting him to third-degree torture and electric shocks and then dumped the body, hatching a conspiracy to portray it as an encounter,” Marandi told ET.
The National ST Commission has also asked the state police to submit a report on the incident.
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