Jharkhand: Villagers thrash Kunda BDO ‘for misbehaving with woman’

CHATRA: The block development officer of Kunda, Shravan Kumar Ram, was beaten up by the residents of the Kunda village on Thursday when he allegedly tried to misbehave with a woman with whom he was having an affair.
Although police said he went to the woman’s house upon the invitation of her parents, the villagers claimed that he went there of his own accord and tried to forcibly drag the woman out of her house when she refused to see him after coming to know that the BDO is already married.
The commotion at her house led to the villagers gathering there and they dragged the BDO by the collar and thrashed him which was captured on video and later went viral on various social media platforms.
Kunda police rushed to the spot once they got to know about the incident and took Ram to his home.
Chatra SP Rishav Kumar Jha said they will take appropriate action if the woman files a written complaint. “From what we have learnt so far is that the officer was having affair with the woman and was called by her parents to finalise their marriage. But when he refused to marry her, the villagers started beating him. I have asked the officials concerned to submit a report in this case,” Jha said.
He added that although the BDO is married, he is going through a divorce.
Sources said that Ram was having an affair with the woman for the past two years. He not only helped the woman in getting a job at his office but also played a role in the construction of her house close to the block office. However, when she came to know about Ram’s marriage, she tried to break up with him.
On Wednesday morning, Ram went to her house and asked her to accompany him but she refused. Claiming that she is his wife, he tried to drag her out of the house forcibly, according to the villagers, prompting her parents to interfere and leading to a heated argument among the four. The villagers, who had already gathered there, caught him by the collar and dragged him out of the house and beat him up.
The villagers said they will demand action against him as well as demand his immediate removal from the Kunda block.