No further action against Siramtoli protestors: DGP

Ranchi: As chief minister Hemant Soren extended Sarhul greetings, the state director general of police (DGP) Anurag Gupta said there would be no further action against the tribal community members who were accused in the Siramtoli flyover protest case registered on Sunday.
Gupta made instructions in this regard to DIG-cum-Ranchi SSP Chandan Kumar Sinha on Tuesday. The move came after a govt directive after it came to know about the case registered by police.
In a statement, the state IPRD said, "When the state govt learnt about the FIR, it asked the DGP that no further action should be taken against the accused persons as the issue was related to the sentiments of Sarhul festival."
Notably, a group of tribal people protested and shouted slogans, demanding the removal of the ramp of the flyover built near their Sarna Sthal. They broke three police barricades to reach the ramp and tried to break it after, clashing with the magistrate and the police force, which had tried to stop them. A case (77/2025) was registered under relevant sections of the BNS.
Meanwhile, a section of tribal protesters claimed that the state govt turned a deaf ear to their demand for a permanent solution to the demolition of a ramp of the Siromtoli flyover. The group of protesters started an agitation soon after chief minister Hemant Soren and his wife Kalpana Soren, clad in traditional attires, reached the Sarna Sthal to offer prayers on the occasion of Sarhul.
Later, the chief minister visited the Adivasi Hostel in Karamtoli and participated in traditional Sarhul rituals along with his cabinet colleagues Chamra Linda and Shilpi Neha Tirkey and grooved to the beats of mandar. Extending warm wishes on the occasion, Hemant stressed the need for preserving and strengthening the rich heritage, tradition and culture passed on by their ancestors.