Ranchi, Aug. 18 -- The alleged encounter of Surya Hansda in Godda has escalated into a major political confrontation in Jharkhand, with BJP leaders intensifying their demand for a CBI probe and
a second post-mortem under judicial supervision.
Hansda, who was picked up by police on August 11 from his maternal uncle's house in Navadih village, Deoghar, was later reported killed in an encounter in the Boarijor area of Godda. His family alleged he was bedridden due to illness and arrested without any court warrant. They insist he was shot in a staged encounter for speaking out against local coal company practices and for running a free residential school for tribal children.
Godda SP Mukesh Kumar maintains Hansda was a wanted criminal facing...