Dhanbad police on Thursday started a probe into police lathicharge at the family members of a deceased employee of a private mining company at Ena Colliery of BCCL.

The probe was initiated on the instructions given by chief minister Hemant Soren after the incident was brought to his notice by a Dhanbad resident who tweeted a video of the lathicharge where Jharia inspector, P.K. Singh is shown manhandling the elder brother of the deceased.

Mohit Srivsatava of East Basuria area went missing on March 29. His body was found at Nimiaghat Police station area of Giridih district about 60 km from the workplace on March 30. Family members suspect foul play in his death.

A police team led by officer in charge of Jharia Police station, P.K. Singh resorted to lathicharge on Mohit’s family members, relatives and local residents at the mining site of R.K. Mining Company on Wednesday while they were staging a protest demanding compensation for the dependents of the deceased.

Former chief minister, Raghubar Das while retweeting the same video of the lathicharge wrote- Sthithi arajak hoti ja rahi hai Jharkhand men; ek or apradhi bekhauf hokar rojana vardaat kar rahen hain; dusri or polie nirdosh nagrikon par apna ruab dikha rahi hai; kabhi kisano par lathicharge to kabhi muawja ke liye pradarshan kar rahe logon ki pitai; yah kya hai (the situation is turning anarchic in Jharkhand; On one hand criminals are carrying out incidents without any fear of law and on the other hand police is expressing its prowess against common people; sometimes lathicharge on farmers and on other occasion beating of people demanding compensation; what all is this?

DSP of Sindri, Ajit Kumar Sinha visited the Ena Colliery and took details of the incident from the family members and the private contractor R.K. Mining Company. He also visited the Tetulmari area where the motorcycle of the deceased, Mohit Srivastava, was recovered.

Mayur Shekhar Jha, social media in-charge of Congress, in his tweet addressed to Hemant Soren suggested structural changes to improve the style of police functioning.

Dhanbad Sub Divisional Officer Surendra Prasad meanwhile also visited the site of the private mining company at Ena Colliery of Jharia and took details from the family members of the deceased as well as the officer in charge of Jharia police, P.K. Singh.