Law Kumar Mishra
Patna, July 24
Ranchi police on Saturday arrested three people from a posh hotel located on the Line Tank Road on the charges of designing plot to topple the Jharkhand Government headed by Hemant Soren.
The police recovered huge cash and electronic equipment used in the conspiracy to overthrow the elected state government. According to an FIR filed at the Kotwali police station, the accused were involved in the Hawala transactions for horse trading of MLAs.
The Ranchi police said that the accused were identified as Abhisek Dubey, Amit Singh and Nivaran Prasad. They were picked up by the special branch of the state police from the hotel that was under constant surveillance for the last couple of days in view of suspected activities. The accused were taken to the Government hospital for COVID tests and produced before the judicial magistrate.
According to the FIR lodged with Kotwali police station by Congress MLA, Kumar Jaimangal Singh elected from Bermo constituency, they were part of the large conspiracy to overthrow Hemant Soren government by engineering defections in the ruling party. The offence has been filed under different sections of IPC including 419, 420,124 A and Prevention of Corruption Act.
Earlier, police had searched several hotels at Bokaro, Dhanbad and Ranchi on July 16 as hawala traders checked-in. However, they shifted their base to three hotels at Ranchi, according to the police.
Two travel agencies were also on the radar of the special branch of the state police as they were suspected to be involved in tour arrangements for the legislators. Their premises were also raided by the police.
Supriyo Bhattacharya, General Secretary of the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, told this correspondent over phone from Ranchi the incident was of a serious nature and not mere ordinary. There is a well-planned conspiracy to overthrow the elected government by the BJP. “Plans were being made to purchase the ruling party MLAs since Thursday and the conspirators were accommodated in three posh hotels of the state capital. I charge BJP with plotting to topple the Hemant Soren ministry that alert special branch of police foiled,” he added.
In the 81 members Jharkhand assembly, JMM led by Hemant Soren has 30 MLAs, Congress 16, JVMP three, RJD one, Independents four while BJP has 25 members.
