Jamshedpur : Seraikela-Kharsawan police are yet to arrest Ichagarh MLA and BJP leader Sadhucharan Mahto in connection with an alleged assault on the district land acquisition officer Dipu Kumar on February 22. Though arrest warrant has been issued against him but he is still yet to be nabbed.
Sources said the police had obtained an arrest warrant against the MLA accused of manhandling Dipu Kumar at a public function organised to distribute compensation amounts among the villagers of Seraikela.
The police had filed FIR against Ichagarh BJP legislator in an assault case that took place last Thursday at Raghunathpur village in Nimdih. Mahto is accused of assaulting Seraikela-Kharsawan district land acquisition officer Dipu Kumar at Raghunathpur under Nimdih police station area in the Seraikela-Kharsawan district.
According to information a team of Adityapur police station conducted raids at several places across the district. It went to the MLA�s residence in Sridungri, but failed to nab him. Sources said the MLA had gone traceless after the arrest warrant was issued in his name.
�Yes we have issued arrest against Mahto and have launched operation to nab him as he has gone traceless. Based on the FIR we are taking every step to arrest him. However, we cannot divulge more details on it,� said Seraikela-Kharsawan SP Chandan Kumar Sinha. He said separate teams have been formed to nab MLA.
Meanwhile, the 48 hour ultimatum given by Jharkhand Administrative Service Association ( JASA) has expired. A senior functionary of JASA said they will chalk out future course of action if police fail to arrest him.
The police said the legislator assaulted Kumar in case to a dispute related to payment of compensation to the displaced persons. The administration was acquiring land for a project of widening of NH-32. For the NH widening project, the administration is acquiring land from five villages through which the NH-32 passes.
