Jagannath Mahto

Acting on a complaint, Jharkhand Chief Electoral Officer P K Jajoria today directed the state police chief to initiate legal process against JMM candidate from Giridih Lok Sabha seat Jagannath Mahto, an accused in the lynching of a youth at a "people's court".

In a series of photographs, a man who is a big deal in this part of Jharkhand, thrashes one young man after another with sticks.  Jagannath Mahto has been elected twice as the MLA from Dumri in Jharkhand. He believes he has the right to enforce discipline in any manner that he sees fit.Smiling, he tells a TV camera that the men he is seen beat...

In a bizarre incident, an MLA in Jharkhand personally handed out 'instant justice' at a public court in his house.Jagannath Mahto, an MLA from the ruling JMM party, was caught on camera beating people accused of petty crimes as hundreds of people watched. Surprisingly, there was little outcry in Jharkhand over Mahto's act after footage of his beati...

Acting on a complaint, Jharkhand Chief Electoral Officer P K Jajoria today directed the state police chief to initiate legal process against JMM candidate from Giridih Lok Sabha seat Jagannath Mahto, an accused in the lynching of a youth at a "people's court".

In a series of photographs, a man who is a big deal in this part of Jharkhand, thrashes one young man after another with sticks.  Jagannath Mahto has been elected twice as the MLA from Dumri in Jharkhand. He believes he has the right to enforce discipline in any manner that he sees fit.Smiling, he tells a TV camera that the men he is seen beat...

In a bizarre incident, an MLA in Jharkhand personally handed out 'instant justice' at a public court in his house.Jagannath Mahto, an MLA from the ruling JMM party, was caught on camera beating people accused of petty crimes as hundreds of people watched. Surprisingly, there was little outcry in Jharkhand over Mahto's act after footage of his beati...