FIR against 12,051, including union minister, in Ranchi

An FIR was registered against more than 12,000 people, including 51 identified individuals, for allegedly being involved in a clash with police personnel during a BJYM rally in Jharkhand's capital Ranchi, officials said. Some prominent BJP leaders, including the party's Jharkhand unit president Babulal Marandi, Leader of Opposition in the assembly Amar Kumar Bauri, Union minister Sanjay Seth and former central minister Arjun Munda, were named in the FIR, they said.

Ranchi Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Chandan Kumar Sinha told PTI, "An FIR has been lodged at Ranchi's Lalpur police station on Saturday on the basis of the statement of the magistrate."