Dhanbad, Feb. 10 -- Bokaro Steel Limited (BSL) on Tuesday demolished an alleged illegal farmhouse on its land belonging to Vinod Kumar, alias Vinod Khopdi, currently in jail on murder charges, people aware of the development said.

The bulldozer action was carried out under heavy police deployment and in the presence of district administration officials, following a court order issued on February 2.

The farmhouse, allegedly constructed on several acres of BSL land without authorisation, had been under scrutiny for some time.

Bokaro City DSP Alok Ranjan, who supervised the security arrangements, said, "The demolition was conducted as per the court's directive. Adequate police force was deployed at the site to maintain law and order. The ...