Ranchi, Oct. 1 -- Jharkhand Leader of Opposition Babulal Marandi has urged Chief Minister Hemant Soren to order an independent probe into allegations of harassment, threats and obstruction of access involving a journalist's family in Ranchi's Ashok Nagar.
In a letter to Soren, Marandi referred to a complaint submitted by journalist Syed Sharif Ibrahim and his family to the Argora police station, alleging that Deputy Inspector General of Police Alok Priyadarshi had obstructed access to their residence and misused his position and influence.
According to the complaint, Ibrahim's family has been residing on its ancestral property in Ashok Nagar for nearly five decades and has been using an access road of about 40 feet in width. The family ha...