The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday searched multiple locations in Jharkhand, Bihar and Delhi in connection with alleged irregularities in the procurements for the 34 th National Games held in Ranchi in February 2011, prompting the ruling alliance government led by the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) to term it an “act to terrorise and intimidate the government”.
The development came a day after the Election Commission announced byelections on June 23 for 10 parliamentary and Assembly constituencies in six States, including Jharkhand, where the Mandar Assembly seat fell vacant as the then Congress legislator Bandhu Tirkey was disqualified last month after being sentenced to three years’ imprisonment in a corruption case.
“Of late, raids by the Central government agencies in Jharkhand on one pretext or other are being done to terrorise the democratically elected government. Raids have been conducted in cases in which the CBI even had submitted closure reports”, said senior JMM leader and party spokesperson Supriyo Bhattacharya.
