Jamshedpur:Taking stern action police have registered a case of assault and loot against 40 people with the Jadugora police station.
The accused had stormed the office of Uranium Corporation of India Limited’s Bandhuhorang mines at Turamdih and ransacked the office before assaulting the project manager Jitendra Kumar.
Moreover, the accused have allegedly taken along Rs 5 lakh from the mines office. An UCIL official said the attackers were local residents and wanted to forcibly stop work at the open mines. The police are investigating the case.