Gumla: Police have registered an FIR against nine villagers for allegedly assaulting NHAI officials and employees of a construction company engaged in building the Bharatmala greenfield highway linking the Chhattisgarh border with Gumla, officials said on Monday. Raidih police station officer in charge Sandeep Kumar said, “Further investigation is underway.”According to police, the incident occurred at the company’s Parsa construction site on Saturday, when a group of villagers allegedly objected to alignment work being carried out on land for which compensation had already been paid.When company employees and NHAI officials reached the spot, the villagers allegedly abused and attacked them with sticks.Three people sustained injuries in the assault. One person was later referred to RIMS, Ranchi, from Gumla Sadar Hospital for further treatment.
