JMM workers break open BSL quarters, make it their party office

Bokaro: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) workers broke open a quarter of Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) in Sector-1/B and declared it as their district unit office. The incident occurred on Tuesday.
The JMM workers claimed that they will vacate the building after the company frees all its quarters of encroachment.
A BSL security team, which reached the quarter to remove JMM workers, returned without success. Even administrative and police teams headed by circle officer Diwakar Dwivedi returned after keeping a silent watch over the situation.
The house now declared as JMM’s district unit office is a B-Type quarter, which BSL provides to its officers above deputy general manager (DGM) rank. Bokaro MLA Biranchi Narayan also has his residence in the neighbourhood. The JMM workers have painted their party symbol, bow-arrow, on the walls of the quarter.
The BSL chief of communication Manikant Dhan said: “The matter is being looked into by agencies concerned.”
The district president of JMM, Hiralal Manjhi, said: “About a month ago, our district unit with a recommendation from the state education minister had given a letter to BSL management requesting for the allotment of a quarter. Since then we are pleading for it, but BSL officials ignored our request. We have not asked for anything wrong, BSL had earlier allotted quarters to other political parties.”
“We will leave the quarter, but before that BSL management should remove all illegal occupants from the quarters in the township. The connivance of BSL officials in encroaching company quarters cannot be ruled out. In fact, we demand a CBI inquiry as the PSU is losing revenue in crores,” Manjhi added.
The BSL management is, however, yet to take any decision on how to respond to the situation.