Normality is yet to return to Lohardaga where curfew was enforced after a pro-Citizenship (Amendment) Act rally came under attack on January 23.

Curfew was not relaxed in the district on Tuesday, though on Monday people were given two hours, from 10am to noon, to stock up on essentials.

“An attempt was made to ignite fresh clashes by setting a truck on fire at Patratoli on Monday night, hence it was decided that no relaxation will be given in the curfew which entered its sixth day today (Tuesday),” said a police official who requested anonymity.

Inspector-general of police (HR) Naveen Kumar Singh said efforts were on to bring the situation back to normal.

“We have arrested as many as 22 people so far and are taking immediate action on any report regarding any attempt of violence during curfew,” Singh said.

He also said that the person who died at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Ranchi on Monday was not a victim of the January 23 violence.

“The person was first admitted to the Sadar Hospital in Lohardaga from where we came to know he was admitted with high blood pressure. From Sadar Hospital he was taken to a private hospital in Ranchi and then to RIMS from there. At none of the place there is any record suggesting he was a victim of the attack on the procession,” the IG said.

Murari Prajapati, brother-in-law of the deceased Neeraj Ram Prajapati, however, claimed otherwise.

“He (Neeraj) had sustained head injuries while passing through Anjum Colony after the clash while the district administration is trying to play down the case by saying he was not injured in any clash,” said Murari, who had come to RIMS to receive Neeraj’s body after autopsy.

Neeraj, a resident of Raghunandan Lane in Lohardaga town, was a sculptor. He is survived by his wife Divya Devi, son Naksh Kumar, 3, and daughter Jiya Kumari, 8.