Palamu (Jharkhand), September 22 (IANS) Tension caught Palamu district of Jharkhand on Monday, when the body of Rashtraapathri Janata Dal (RJD) leader Jaishankar Thakur was recovered from an agricultural area in his original village.
However, the police have not yet confirmed the cause of death, but his family alleged that he was murdered and his body was partially burnt with acid.
52 -year -old Thakur, resident of YouTqi village under Patan police station area, Palamu of RJD’s backward class cell was serving as District President.
According to family members, he left for his farm at around 6.30 am on Monday as part of his routine. When he failed to return home even after several hours, relatives started a search and eventually found their body lying in a field about half a km from the village.
Burn marks were visible on the body, using the suspicion of acid, which was used to hide the evidence of dishonesty.
Patan police reached the spot after receiving the information and started an investigation with the help of a dog squad.
However, officials said that no decisive evidence was found during the initial discovery.
Station House Officer (SHO) Shashi Shekhar Pandey said that, on its face, death could be the result of lightning strike.
He said, “The exact reason will be established only after the post -mortem report. We are checking all the angles,” he said.
However, the villagers firmly contested this principle. He said that the weather was clear on Monday and there was no electricity activity in the area.
The news of Thakur’s death spread quickly, which attracts a large crowd from nearby villages to the site. With the situation being tense, additional police forces were deployed to prevent any untoward incident.
Thakur is alive by three sons, one of whom lives abroad. His family has been shattered by the incident and insisted that he has been murdered.
Many RJD leaders of Jharkhand have expressed shock and grief over death. They have called the circumstances around the death “suspicious” and demanded a thorough and fair investigation.
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