In Jharkhand, four people were killed and 23 others were injured in a clash between protestors and police during the anti-encroachment drive at Matkoria area of Dhanbad yesterday. Dhanbad Deputy Commissioner Sunil Kumar Burnwal told a news conference that indefinite curfew has been clamped in the town. Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda has ordered an inquiry into the incident. The inquiry will be conducted by Divisional Commissioner of North Chota Nagpur. AIR correspondent reports that among those injured include Superintendent of Police P.R.K. Dhan.
At the behest of orders from Jharkhand High Court, a massive anti-encroachment drive is going on in entire state to remove illegal occupation from Government land and quarters. The public protest has also been continuing alongwith and yesterday the protest became massive in Dhanbad as around one lakh people came to street in three different places of Dhanbad to protest the police action to remove encroachment from the land and quarters of Central Government Coal Company - BCCL. In the evening clash Police opened fire in which four were killed and 23 were injured. Rajesh Sinha, AIR News, Ranch
Courtesy : AIR
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