Jamshedpur, Feb. 8 -- The Chaibasa Sadar police station has registered a first information report (FIR) after five children suffering from thalassemia allegedly contracted HIV following blood transfusions at Chaibasa Sadar Hospital (CSH) in October 2025, officials said on Saturday.

The FIR has been registered in the wake of the Jharkhand high court (HC) ordering the state government to immediately register an FIR in the matter on Wednesday. The HC has also directed the state government to submit an affidavit along with a copy of the FIR during the next hearing on February 18.

"An FIR has been registered against one named person and others unknown under sections 125, 271 and 272 of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) based on a written comp...