A serious allegation has been leveled against the Jharkhand state government by BJP State President and Leader of Opposition, Babulal Marandi. Marandi claims that the administration is now creating new criminal incidents as a tactic to conceal existing crimes, a practice he describes as a dangerous habit of the government and the system. Recent Enforcement Directorate (ED) actions in Dhanbad’s coal sector have unearthed startling evidence of illicit activities. More alarmingly, reports suggest that certain high-ranking police officials, allegedly benefiting from the black money generated from coal smuggling, have tasked key associates to ‘eliminate’ key witnesses permanently. The objective appears to be silencing individuals being interrogated by the ED to prevent crucial truths from surfacing. Marandi warned that this resembles a past pattern in the state where encounters were staged in the guise of apprehending criminals, effectively ‘encountering evidence’ instead. He recalled a former DGP accused of orchestrating contract killings and rampant corruption, a figure even the ruling party members criticized for breaking all records of graft. Marandi urged the ED to exercise extreme caution, stating that in Jharkhand, it is those who suppress the truth, not those who speak it, who hold power. When political power, the administrative system, and criminal elements align, the subversion of justice becomes a mere formality.
