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Dhanbad:Dhanbad police have booked Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament Dhullu Mahto and 11 of his aides in connection with assaulting a woman after her husband appeared as a court witness in a previous case against Mahto...
Based on a complaint by the woman, police have brought serious charges against Mahto and his aides under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita criminal intimidation, assault and use of criminal force on a woman, and voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons, among others...
The newly elected MP from Dhanbad already has several cases against him, with charges ranging from assault on government employees, disturbing peace, and attempt to murder.. Chief Minister Hemant Soren has asked the police and administration to take strict action on this incident, which has drawn fire from Jharkhands political and social circles in the backdrop of Mahtos criminal history...
Devi has also claimed that attempts to capture their land near the Ramraj temple and other assault incidents had taken place earlier as well.. Dhullu Mahto won the Lok Sabha election from Dhanbad this year, defeating Congress candidate Anupama Singh..
BJP leader Amar Kumar Bauri said, Dhullu Mahto has been implicated in cases at the behest of the state government and due to political malice Dhullu Mahto raised this issue in the state assembly when he was an MLA...
