Jamshedpur: Jharkhand police
on Tuesday said they would "reinvestigate" cases related to 14
chargesheeted Maoists if BDO of Dalbhumgarh, Prasant Kumar
Layek, is released.
"The reinvestigation against the Maoists will start
soon after procuring order from state home department," Zonal
IG Rezi Dung Dung told in a press conference at Ghatsila.
The police would start investigation afresh against
the Maoists after obtaining permission from the court, he
said, adding the police have asked the family members of the
arrested persons to place their versions.
Meanwhile, Julie Bharti, Layek`s wife said that
she will immolate herself and her 4-year-old daughter if her
husband was harmed by Maoists.
"I do not have any option but to immolate along with
my daughter," she said.
Referring to the Maoist demand for withdrawal of
forces and halting search operations, Zonal IG said, "The
police were duty bound to ensure safety of every citizen and
they are trying to recover Layek safely."
No breakthrough was achieved in regard to Layek`s
abduction though the search operation was continuing.
The spokesman of Maoist`s Bengal-Orissa-Jharkhand
regional border committee, Rakeshji threatened to kill the BDO
unless the villagers were not released.
The BDO`s brother and some villagers today blocked
roads at Asanchar village in Dumka, demanding the government
take immediate steps to release BDO.
Meanwhile, the government has once again called upon
Maoists to set the BDO free even as the Jharkhand
Administrative Service Association (JASA) announcing two-day
mass leave across the state from today.
"We have gone on two-day mass leave, demanding early
release of Prasant Kumar Layek. We will again review the
situation at 5 pm tomorrow for our next course of action,"
JASA President, Sunil Kumar Singh, said over phone.
PTI
