US EditionEx-Jharkhand CM Champai Soren Placed Under House Arrest
Champai Soren was detained to prevent protests against a Rs 1,000-crore hospital project on fertile tribal farmland claimed by Adivasi groups and farmers, police said.
- On Sunday, former Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren was placed under house arrest as a preventive step, Deputy Superintendent of Police K V Raman said, while police detained Soren, his son Babulal Soren, and other leaders en route to Nagdi protests.
- Over 20 tribal groups and farmers planned the Hal Joto, Ropa Ropo protest on Sunday, arguing the Rs 1,074-crore RIMS-2 project's land traditionally belongs to Adivasis and is used for farming.
- The Health Department has allotted 207 acres for RIMS-2, the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences second campus, planned as a 2,600-bed super-specialty hospital; Health Minister Irfan Ansari said the land is not local and won’t harm their interests.
- Soren said on social media his house arrest aims to stifle tribal voices, with Nagdi Zameen Bachao Sangharsh Samiti members detained early Sunday and Mahato claiming, `I live in the Ring Road area, but I am not allowed to go to my home.`
- The state has pitched RIMS-2 as a flagship, ADB-backed project to build Ranchi's medical capacity, but opponents say the administration fenced farmland and withheld the land deed, while barricades and prohibitory orders control Nagdi access.
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Ex-Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren Under House Arrest As Tribals' Protest Against Land Acquisition
Former Jharkhand chief minister and BJP leader Champai Soren was placed under house arrest on Sunday to prevent law and order issues in view of a protest by tribal outfits against land acquisition.
Jharkhand ex-CM Champai Soren put on house arrest ahead of tribal groups’ protest
While talking to the media, Soren said that in the morning at 7 am, the DSP came and asked him to cooperate and not go anywhere. “Many across Jharkhand were supposed to join the campaign, but the police picked them up on their way and stopped them from participating in the protest,” he said.
Former Jharkhand CM Champai Soren put under house arrest hours before protest
Ranchi: Former Jharkhand Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Champai Soren has been placed under house arrest hours before his planned protest against the land acquisition for the proposed Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS-2) in Kanke area of Ranchi. “To prevent the voice of the tribal/indigenous farmers of Nagdi from being raised, […]
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