Ranchi District Administration has registered an FIR against 26 persons including the Chairman of the Central Sarna Committee for bringing a “politically motivated” tableau during the Sarhul celebrations in the city on Thursday.

The festival of Sarhul was celebrated with fervour in the entire State including the Capital City. People of tribal society took out different types of tableaux. Meanwhile, a tableau, in which former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren was seen lodged in jail and ED and CBI officers were outside the jail grabbed people’s attention.

The district administration considered the tableau as a violation of the model code of conduct. Slogans were written in the tableau – Jail ka tala tootega, Hemant Soren Chhootega (The jail lock will be break, Hemant Soren will be released). It was shown in the tableau that Hemant Soren is being exploited by ED in the fight for the development of Jharkhand. In this case, an FIR has been lodged by the district administration against 26 people.

In the FIR registered on the basis of the statement of Magistrate Vinay Kumar at Kotwali police station of Ranchi, it is written that in the tableau under the leadership of Phoolchand Tirkey, the religious occasion was used with political intentions. Political matters were included in the religious tableau. This is a case of violation of the model code of conduct.

Twenty six people including Central Sarna Committee Chairman Phoolchand Tirkey have been named in the FIR by the district administration. These include committee vice president Pramod Ekka, Prashant Toppo, Nirmal Pahan, general secretary Sanjay Tirkey, secretary Vinod Oraon, besides members Raju Oraon, Surendra Munda, Pancham Lohra, Vinod Bhagat, Shankar Lohra, Ram Oraon, Akash Oraon, Dinu Oraon, Balku Oraon, Kishore Lohra, Sonu Tirkey, Kuldeep Sanga, Somra Oraon, Lalit Kachhap, Pradeep Lakra, Ravi Lohra and Bhuneshwar Lohra.