Bokaro, March 22
TMC's state convenor Dilip Chatterjee was on Saturday arrested in Dhanbad and remanded to judicial custody in a 22-year-old case, with his party accusing the JMM government of a political witch-hunt.
Chatterjee was sent to 14-days' judicial custody for a 1992 attack on the convoy of then-Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad. Nine policemen were injured in the attack, carried out with bows and arrows, election symbol of the JMM. A Dhanbad court had issued an arrest warrant against him on Thursday.
"The Hemant Soren government is scared. It is trying to protect the murderer Jagarnath Mahto, but is sending people to jail in old cases," said TMC leader Chandra Shekhar "Dadai" Dubey, referring to JMM's Giridih candidate, named in a murder FIR.
Ironically, the case is from a period when Chatterjee was a member of the JMM. He rose to occupy the position of general secretary before leaving over differences with the coterie around Shibu Soren.
Since taking over the TMC's activities in the state, he has overseen exponential growth, often at the cost of the JMM. The party has two legislators now - Dadai Dubey, who switched over from the Congress, has since resigned his state Assembly membership.
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