RANCHI, Nov 16: According to a police officer on Thursday, three policemen were suspended for failing to provide proper security during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Ranchi.The officer stated that the action was taken because on Wednesday morning, a woman abruptly ran and blocked the path of the PM’s convoy as it was travelling to Bhagwan Birsa Munda Memorial Park, also known as the Freedom Fighter Museum. On the other hand, the woman was apprehended and detained right away by security personnel sent in to ensure PM’s safety. In honour of the tribal leader Birsa Munda’s birth anniversary, Modi travelled to Jharkhand for two days.A police statement stated that “two constables and an ASI have been suspended for dereliction of duty during the prime minister’s visit.” Constables Ranjan Kumar, Chotelal Tudu, and ASI Abu Zafar are among the police officers who were placed on suspension. Sangita Jha, the woman who was apprehended while attempting to enter PM’s security, was said to be angry with her husband and intended to file a complaint against him, according to police.“During interrogation, the woman said that she was married to a man at Jamuni village in Jharkhand’s Deoghar district in 2012,” Ranchi Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Chandan Kumar Sinha told . However, a disagreement arose between them in 2016. They frequently got into fights with each other. “The woman requests that her bank account be credited with her husband’s salary. In this context, she also spent ten days meeting with the prime minister in Delhi in October of this year. She also attempted to meet with the President, but failed. She went back to her in-laws’ Deoghar home after all attempts proved fruitless, according to the SSP.Jha informed the police that she had learned of the PM’s impending visit to the state capital before travelling to Ranchi. The police claim that the woman made an attempt to see him on Wednesday at Raj Bhavan after failing to meet him on Tuesday night during the roadshow. “She was leaving Raj Bhavan disappointed. However, at Radium Road, she heard the PM’s convoy’s siren and abruptly moved in front of it, according to Sinha.The prime minister held a 10-kilometer roadshow on Tuesday, and the following morning, he presented flowers to the statue of Birsa Munda at the Bhagwan Birsa Munda Memorial Park, also known as the Freedom Fighter Museum, which is located close to Ranchi’s Jail Chowk. Later, on Wednesday, in honour of the third Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas, he paid respects to the tribal hero by travelling to Ulihatu village in Khunti district, the birthplace of Birsa Munda. Additionally, he initiated a project worth Rs 24,000 crore that aims to develop Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs).Along with launching the “Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra,” the PM also unveiled the 15th installment of the Rs. 18,000 crore PM-KISAN scheme, inaugurated projects worth Rs. 7,200 crore in the state, and laid the groundwork for them.
