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Debashish Sarkar

Debashish Sarkar is a special correspondent based in Jamshedpur. He has been covering government, administration, politics and crime among other things.

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SIT links Jharkhand killings to Pathalgadi movement, PLFI

The SIT was constituted to find the reasons behind the crime. A police officer who asked not to be named, said the SIT will submit its report to the government in the next two to three days.

District administration officials investigating after killing of villagers by Pathalgadi supporters at Burugulikera in Jharkhand’s Chaibasa on Wednesday January 22,2020.(Manoj Kumar / HT File)

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Updated on Feb 01, 2020 08:42 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

FIR against 214 in Jharkhand beheadings case; bodies buried under police protection

The police had so far maintained that the killing was result of a dispute between the pro- and anti-Pathalgadi groups in the village on January 16, which further escalated on January 19, when the seven were badly beaten up in the village gram sabha and beheaded in a nearby forests, where their bodies were found on Tuesday.

Police have also collected blood-stained mud from the crime site, but have failed to recover the weapons that were used.(HT File / Photo used for representational purpose only)

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Updated on Jan 25, 2020 07:34 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

Jharkhand murders expose fault lines in tribal village line

Officials said additional forces were deployed to prevent further escalation in violence amid strong sentiments for and against the movement, through which several villages in the region have declared self-governance.

Chief minister Hemant Soren meets family members of those killed allegedly by Pathalgadi movement supporters, in West Shingbhum district of Jharkhand on Thursday.(PTI Photo)

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Updated on Jan 24, 2020 12:05 AM IST

Hindustan times, Jharkhand | ByDebashish Sarkar

Seven beheaded in Jharkhand village, CM Soren sets up SIT

Police said it took them 24 hours to recover the bodies of the seven and a search was on to find out two other villages, who had gone missing along with them.

Police said it not immediately clear what triggered the killings .(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Jan 23, 2020 07:42 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Sonua (West Singhbhum) | ByDebashish Sarkar

7 tribals kidnapped after protests against Pathalgadi found with slit throat

Murari Lal Meena, senior Jharkhand police officer told Hindustan Times that the role played by the villagers to oppose the Pathalgadi movement prima facie appeared to have triggered the “gruesome massacre”

Villagers pulled down Pathalgadi plaque at Chitramu village in Khunti, India, on Thursday, July 20, 2018. The pathalgadi movement has its origin in a resistance movement by tribals during British rule.(HT File Photo)

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Published on Jan 22, 2020 03:38 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

‘Ghar Ghar Raghubar’ fails to strike a chord with electorate

Still worse, Das, who has won from the Jamshedpur East constituency five times in a row, lost -- to his former cabinet colleague Saryu Roy who contested as an independent.

BJP’s Raghubar Das a candidate of Jamshedpur East assembly constituency campaiging for election on bike in Jamshedpur .(Photo: Manoj Kumar/ Hindustan Times)

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Published on Dec 24, 2019 07:16 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

In ST-dominated Kolhan, BJP fails to open account

What may have added fuel to fire was enactment of the controversial Jharkhand Religious Freedom Act, 2017, which the government claimed was aimed at checking religious conversion of tribals through allurements, superstition and money.

BJP state headquarters wore deserted look after poor result in the recently held assembly election in state in Ranchi on Monday, December 23, 2019.(HT Photo)

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Published on Dec 24, 2019 06:17 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

Saryu Roy plays giant-killer, defeats his former boss

Roy has won from the Jamshedpur West constituency twice in the past, and this time, he shifted to the Jamshedpur East Constituency to take on the chief minister after he was denied a ticket in his old constituency.

Roy was also able to garner sympathy of the people of Jamshedpur, including senior BJP and RSS workers.(PTI)

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Updated on Dec 24, 2019 01:46 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Ranchi | ByDebashish Sarkar

First non-tribal Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das loses first election in 24 years; Saryu Roy wins from Jamshedpur East

Das has in past served as president of Jharkhand BJP twice. The party had contested the 2009 assembly and Lok Sabha elections under his leadership.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das at a press conference in Ranchi, on Monday.(PTI Photo)

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Updated on Dec 23, 2019 10:48 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

Raghubar Das, who never lost an election in 24 yrs, trails in his stronghold

Raghubar Das is the 5-time MLA from the hot seat - he has never lost an election from this seat since 1995 - which has stayed in the headlines after his former cabinet colleague Roy filed his nomination as an Independent candidate.

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Updated on Aug 10, 2020 02:20 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

All eyes on Raghubar-Saryu battle, poll results in Jamshedpur by late evening

The candidates and people will have to wait till late Monday evening as counting of votes will start from Baheragora and end with Jamshedpur East and Jamshedpur West here at the Cooperative College’s counting centre, officials said.

Election Commission of India (ECI) have appointed six separate observers for monitoring the counting process.(Photo: (L) Manoj Kumar/ Hindustan Times and PTI (L).)

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Published on Dec 23, 2019 07:13 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

Tata Steel asks LGBTQ+ employees to declare partners, avail HR benefits

With its vision to provide equal opportunity to the employees, it has been an endeavour of the company to create an enabling workforce for all diverse groups, respecting and embracing the differences in the individuals, the steel maker said in a statement.

Tata Steel on Monday said it has introduced a new human resource policy that enables its employees from the LGBTQ+ community to declare their partners and avail all HR benefits permissible under the law.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Dec 11, 2019 08:48 AM IST

Hindusatan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

Jharkhand voting in 2nd phase of assembly poll today, CM Das among candidates

Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2019: Chief minister (CM) Raghubar Das, state assembly speaker Dinesh Oraon, former state food supply minister Saryu Roy, BJP state president Laxman Gilua and state rural development and parliamentary ministers are the key contestants in the second phase of assembly poll which is being held on Saturday.

Long queues at a polling booth in Mandar assembly seat during the second phase of Jharkhand Assembly Election, Dec 7, 2019.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Dec 07, 2019 08:33 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Ranchi | ByDebashish Sarkar

Jharkhand Assembly Election 2019: JD(U) backs ex-minister Saryu Roy against CM Raghubar Das

A senior JD (U) leader has extended full support to Saryu Roy and claimed that the party’s president and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar could campaign in Jamshedpur for Roy.

Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) has said it will support former minister Saryu Roy who is contesting the assembly election in Jharkhand against chief minister Raghubar Das from Jamshedpur-East.(HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Nov 20, 2019 06:05 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

BJP minister Saryu Roy to contest against Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das from Jamshedpur East seat

The central leadership of the BJP is yet to declare a candidate for the Jamshedpur (West) even though the deadline for filing the nomination paper for the seat ends on Monday.

State minister for food and supply will contest as an Independent against Jharkahnd CM Raghubar Das on his home turf.(Manoj Kumar/HT File Photo)

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Updated on Jul 25, 2020 10:29 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

Facebook post of shastra puja of illegal gun lands Congress leader in jail

Radha Mohan Banerjee, who is the also Congress’ district industry and traders’ wing president, had obtained the license for his double-barrel gun in 2011 when lived in Tonto, Jhinkpani.

Police arrested Congress’ West Singhbhum district’s treasurer Radha Mohan Banerjee in Chaibasa on Friday night from his house after a raid, officials said on Sunday.(Getty Images/Vetta)

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Published on Oct 20, 2019 05:06 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

Kingpin of Jharkhand ambush surrenders

Tabariqe Ansari surrendered at Seraikela court on Monday evening.

Seraikela-Kharsawan SP Chandan Sinha( in civil dress) visited Tiruldih PS and Kukdu Haat (market) on June 14 , 2019 where 5 policemen were massacred by Maoist extremists in Seraikela-Kharsawan on June 14 this year. The alleged mastermind Tabariqe Ansari has surrendered.(Photo / Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Oct 02, 2019 12:27 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

Jharkhand ATS nabs Al Qaeda suspect from railway station in Jamshedpur

The suspected Al Qaeda terrorist, a madrasa owner, was picked up by a special team of ATS from Tatanagar railway station in Jamshedpur late on Saturday night and rushed to Ranchi.

Al-Qaeda terrorist Mohammad Kalimuddin Mujahiri, arrested by Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) from Azad Nagar in Jamshedpur.(PTI Photo)

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Updated on Sep 22, 2019 04:07 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

Jharkhand lynching case: Murder charge reimposed against 11 accused of killing Tabrez Ansari

Kolhan DIG Kuldeep Dwivedi in a statement on Wednesday said that viscera report from forensic science laboratory (FSL), Chandigarh, attributed Ansari’s death to cardiac arrest but added that it did not pinpoint the exact cause of death.

Activists of United Against Hate participating a protest march in support of Tabrez Ansari and against the Jharkhand Government, outside the Jharkhand Bhawan, at Vasant Vihar, in New Delhi.(Sanjeev Verma/ Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Sep 19, 2019 07:12 AM IST

Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

Jharkhand doctor to be sacked for prescribing condom for stomach ache

The accused doctor, has denied the charge and said he will challenge the decision of his dismissal in the high court.

The woman had alleged in her complaint that Dr Badr had prescribed ‘Condom Nirodh’ for stomach pain on July 23 and asked her to visit the pharmacy when she consulted him at the hospital.(Shutterstock)

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Updated on Sep 03, 2019 12:45 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

DNA reports confirm severed head is of raped 3-year-old girl in Jharkhand

Main accused Rinku Sahu had dumped her beheaded body in the bushes in ISWP parking yard near Ramadhin Bagan area under Telco police station (PS) on July 26 morning.

The three-year-old was sleeping with her mother at the railway station on July 25 when she was picked up by Rinku Sahu, seen here in CCTV footage, walking away with the sleeping girl in his arms.(Credit : Railway Police / Screengrab)

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Updated on Sep 01, 2019 08:18 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

Villagers lay siege to West Singhbhum DC office, allege denial of PDS ration

Kelaram Majhi from the neighbouring village of Kupui said, “We have also not received grains for those months. Eighty-one cardholders of the village have decided they will not take any PDS ration till they get their pending foodgrain.”

Villagers of Ulirajabasa, Bada Bankua, Onkolkuti in Kuntpani Block and Sonua’s Podahat also alleged they were yet to get ration for a few months during past years. Image used for representational purpose only.(Photo: Himanshu Vyas/ Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Aug 28, 2019 08:23 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

Cycling 18 kms daily, Komalika Bari reaches world archery title as second Indian woman

The gold came at the time when this championship would be the last international championship after which World Archery Federation (WAF) ban on Archery Association of India (AAI) will come into effect.

World Champion Komalika Bari(Hindustan Times)

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Published on Aug 27, 2019 11:35 AM IST

ByDebashish Sarkar

Kids’ offer piggy bank savings to bring back vision of blind kid in Jharkhand

The emotional incident happened during a free eye check up camp organised by Red Cross in Rammanohar Lohia Netralaya at Bagbera police station (PS) roundabout on Saturday. “Kids voluntarily came to help us for the help of eye patients.

Aditya Kumar Singh, Shivam Kumar Singh, Shubham Kumar Prasad and Anant Kumar Prasad with 5-year-old Khenka Murmu, visually impaired by both eyes in Jamshedpur on Saturday August 25,2019-(Photo by Manoj Kumar/Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Aug 27, 2019 07:19 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

Youth accused of sexually abusing 8-year-old girl saved from lynching in Jharkhand

A hundred people had gathered at the spot where Munda was tied up but police managed to save him from public beating

22-year-old youth was rescued from being mob lynched at Sopodera near Salghajri railway crossing after an angry crowd caught him on charges of sexually abusing an eight-year-old girl(HT FILE/REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)

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Updated on Aug 26, 2019 09:05 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Ranchi | ByDebashish Sarkar

Raped, minor gives birth to stillborn in Jamshedpur

The survivor, 13, who studies in class sixth, has alleged in the first information report (FIR) that Burgi Tiu had raped her on December 15 last year when she had gone out to relieve herself.

Image used for representative purpose only.(Reuters)

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Updated on Aug 15, 2019 01:50 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

Jharkhand girl catches father attempting to rape minor, sounds alarm; man arrested

The 15-year-old daughter of the accused rescued the four-year-old girl by dragging her out of the room and locking her own father inside before informing the local Anganwadi sevika about the incident.

Police said the accused is an alcoholic and was in an inebriated state at the time of the incident.(Reuters file photo for representation)

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Updated on Aug 10, 2019 10:09 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jharkhand | ByDebashish Sarkar

2 Bihar students of NIT-Jamshedpur bag annual salary offers of ₹43 lakh

Micosoft locked Kanishka and Aman Kumar for annual salary package of ₹43.30 lakh each, setting a record of sorts in offering highest salary package till date in NIT- Jamshedpur, officials said.

Micosoft locked Kanishka and Aman Kumar for annual salary package of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>43.30 lakh each, setting a record of sorts in offering highest salary package till date in NIT- Jamshedpur, officials said.(HT photo (combo image))

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Updated on Aug 09, 2019 01:31 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

‘Messiah of poor’: Jamshedpur families recall Sushma Swaraj

Two families in Jharkhand’s Jamshedpur remember former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj and how she helped bring back their kin from Saudi Arabia.

Sheikh Sameeruddin shows the letter from external affairs ministry that helped in bringing back his son back from Saudi Arabia.(Manoj Kumar / HT Photo)

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Published on Aug 08, 2019 03:07 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

3 Maoists involved in June ambushes on CRPF arrested

11 more Maoists associated with the ambushes are still at large. Earlier, the police had arrested Sunil Tudu, Budhram Mardi, Sriram Majhi, Ramu Lohra and Alamgir Alam.

The arrested Maoists also revealed that two Maoists died during the ambushes, after being injured in retaliatory fire by the security forces. Image used for representative purpose only.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Aug 05, 2019 08:44 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar

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Debashish Sarkar

Debashish Sarkar is a special correspondent based in Jamshedpur. He has been covering government, administration, politics and crime among other things.

The SIT was constituted to find the reasons behind the crime. A police officer who asked not to be named, said the SIT will submit its report to the government in the next two to three days.

Officials said additional forces were deployed to prevent further escalation in violence amid strong sentiments for and against the movement, through which several villages in the region have declared self-governance.

Police said it took them 24 hours to recover the bodies of the seven and a search was on to find out two other villages, who had gone missing along with them.

Murari Lal Meena, senior Jharkhand police officer told Hindustan Times that the role played by the villagers to oppose the Pathalgadi movement prima facie appeared to have triggered the “gruesome massacre”

Still worse, Das, who has won from the Jamshedpur East constituency five times in a row, lost -- to his former cabinet colleague Saryu Roy who contested as an independent.

What may have added fuel to fire was enactment of the controversial Jharkhand Religious Freedom Act, 2017, which the government claimed was aimed at checking religious conversion of tribals through allurements, superstition and money.

Roy has won from the Jamshedpur West constituency twice in the past, and this time, he shifted to the Jamshedpur East Constituency to take on the chief minister after he was denied a ticket in his old constituency.

Das has in past served as president of Jharkhand BJP twice. The party had contested the 2009 assembly and Lok Sabha elections under his leadership.

Raghubar Das is the 5-time MLA from the hot seat - he has never lost an election from this seat since 1995 - which has stayed in the headlines after his former cabinet colleague Roy filed his nomination as an Independent candidate.

The candidates and people will have to wait till late Monday evening as counting of votes will start from Baheragora and end with Jamshedpur East and Jamshedpur West here at the Cooperative College’s counting centre, officials said.

With its vision to provide equal opportunity to the employees, it has been an endeavour of the company to create an enabling workforce for all diverse groups, respecting and embracing the differences in the individuals, the steel maker said in a statement.

A senior JD (U) leader has extended full support to Saryu Roy and claimed that the party’s president and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar could campaign in Jamshedpur for Roy.

The central leadership of the BJP is yet to declare a candidate for the Jamshedpur (West) even though the deadline for filing the nomination paper for the seat ends on Monday.

Radha Mohan Banerjee, who is the also Congress’ district industry and traders’ wing president, had obtained the license for his double-barrel gun in 2011 when lived in Tonto, Jhinkpani.

Tabariqe Ansari surrendered at Seraikela court on Monday evening.

The suspected Al Qaeda terrorist, a madrasa owner, was picked up by a special team of ATS from Tatanagar railway station in Jamshedpur late on Saturday night and rushed to Ranchi.

Kolhan DIG Kuldeep Dwivedi in a statement on Wednesday said that viscera report from forensic science laboratory (FSL), Chandigarh, attributed Ansari’s death to cardiac arrest but added that it did not pinpoint the exact cause of death.

The accused doctor, has denied the charge and said he will challenge the decision of his dismissal in the high court.

Main accused Rinku Sahu had dumped her beheaded body in the bushes in ISWP parking yard near Ramadhin Bagan area under Telco police station (PS) on July 26 morning.

Kelaram Majhi from the neighbouring village of Kupui said, “We have also not received grains for those months. Eighty-one cardholders of the village have decided they will not take any PDS ration till they get their pending foodgrain.”

The gold came at the time when this championship would be the last international championship after which World Archery Federation (WAF) ban on Archery Association of India (AAI) will come into effect.

The emotional incident happened during a free eye check up camp organised by Red Cross in Rammanohar Lohia Netralaya at Bagbera police station (PS) roundabout on Saturday. “Kids voluntarily came to help us for the help of eye patients.

A hundred people had gathered at the spot where Munda was tied up but police managed to save him from public beating

The survivor, 13, who studies in class sixth, has alleged in the first information report (FIR) that Burgi Tiu had raped her on December 15 last year when she had gone out to relieve herself.

The 15-year-old daughter of the accused rescued the four-year-old girl by dragging her out of the room and locking her own father inside before informing the local Anganwadi sevika about the incident.

Micosoft locked Kanishka and Aman Kumar for annual salary package of ₹43.30 lakh each, setting a record of sorts in offering highest salary package till date in NIT- Jamshedpur, officials said.

Two families in Jharkhand’s Jamshedpur remember former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj and how she helped bring back their kin from Saudi Arabia.

11 more Maoists associated with the ambushes are still at large. Earlier, the police had arrested Sunil Tudu, Budhram Mardi, Sriram Majhi, Ramu Lohra and Alamgir Alam.

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