AFTER the conspiracy to hush up the death of 18-year-old tractor driver Mantosh Yadav by BJP leader Rinku Singh and the sand mafia, the CPI(ML) led a protest on 12 June 2019 on the Chandi-Sahar main road near Repura village. Hundreds of people joined the protest and blocked the road for 14 hours. After a round of failed talks with the BDO and 4 Thana in-charges, the SDO Arun Kumar and DSP Pankaj Kumar came to the dharna spot and talks with ML leaders were held for 45 minutes after which they conceded the following demands:
- Arrest of BJP leader Rinku Singh who conspired in the disappearance of Mantosh Yadav’s dead body.
- Action against sand mafia responsible for illegal use of sand banks, illegal running of JCB Poclain machines and stocking of sand.
- Recommendation to the State government that 75% of revenue earned from sand banks will be spent on development of Bhojpur.
- Guarantee of payment of Rs 1 lakh by the Labour Department to the dependents of the deceased within one month, one Indira Awas house, and Rs 5 lakh to be procured as fine from the Brandson Company and given to the family of the deceased.
- Sandesh BDO handed over Rs 20,000 in cash to Baijnath Yadav, father of the deceased, who is a sharecropper.
The deceased belonged to Badri Tola village, Block Agiaon, and the incident took place at the Repura Sand Bank, Sandesh, Bhojpur.
