The incident took place on the evening of January 25 in Chakrawali village, located merely 20 kilometers from Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s ancestral residence in Nemra village. Manju Devi, a mother of two, was found with her throat slit in a pool of blood inside her home. According to her husband, Kalindra Munda, he had stepped out for some work at the Manganpur market and returned to a gruesome scene of his wife’s lifeless body.

Witness accounts suggest that Afzar Ansari, a local carpenter originally from Chas in Bokaro, had been attempting to lure Manju Devi into a relationship against her will for years. His obsession grew when the Munda family received a significant amount of compensation for their land, acquired under the Bharatmala Project. Despite her firm rejection of his advances, Ansari remained fixated on Manju Devi and, in a fit of vengeance, executed this brutal crime.

Calculated murder by jihadist

Local sources indicate that two days before the murder, Manju Devi’s husband received a phone call threatening his family’s safety. This suggests that the attack was not impulsive but premeditated, likely driven by Islamist extremism and a deep-seated intent to dominate and exploit vulnerable tribal communities. Following the murder, the accused fled the scene, prompting an intense police search. By the morning of January 26, the police successfully apprehended Afzar Ansari and took him into custody.

Continuous exploitation of tribals

This case is not an isolated incident but part of a larger pattern where radical elements systematically exploit, deceive, and brutalize Hindu Janjatiya communities. From land encroachments to forced religious conversions under the garb of love jihad, Islamist expansionists have long preyed upon Bharat’s indigenous populations. The murder of Manju Devi is yet another grim reminder of this orchestrated assault.

Conflicting reports are emerging in this case, with different media outlets presenting varying details of the brutal crime. OpIndia reported that a 22-year-old tribal woman from the Sundarpahadi area of Godda district in Jharkhand was allegedly poisoned to death after being raped by a man identified as Anwar Ansari, under the headline: Jharkhand: Tribal woman found dead under suspicious circumstances, one Anwar Ansari accused of rape and murder. Meanwhile, the Organiser stated that the victim was found lying in a pool of blood with her throat slit. On the other hand, Panchajanya framed the incident as a case of love jihad and murder, reporting that Afsar Ansari brutally killed the woman by slitting her throat.

BJP calls out state government’s failure

BJP state president Babulal Marandi has strongly condemned the incident, holding the Hemant Soren-led government accountable for fostering an environment where Islamist criminals operate with impunity. Marandi asserted that the Janjatiya community, which the Jharkhand government claims to represent, is in fact the most vulnerable under its rule. He further accused radical elements of not only usurping tribal lands and wealth but also violating their dignity and safety.

The brutal killing of Manju Devi exemplifies the growing threat of extremism that continues to target Hindus, especially vulnerable tribal communities. The silence of so-called secular leaders and left-liberal activists on such cases only emboldens the perpetrators. It is imperative that justice is served with the harshest punishment for the accused and that decisive action is taken to curb the Islamist menace that threatens the social fabric of Bharat The Hindu tribal community must unite to protect its identity, culture, and existence from such targeted aggression.

This is not an isolated case in Jharkhand. Last year, another similar incident occurred when a man named Akhtar was arrested for strangling his Hindu wife from the Janjatiya community and attempting to conceal the murder by burying her. In 2022, another horrifying case shook the state when a man named Shahrukh brutally burned Ankita Singh alive. Such cases have repeatedly exposed the grim reality of targeted violence against Hindu tribal women in Jharkhand. However, the state government appears indifferent to the growing threat, failing to take decisive action to ensure the safety and security of women. The continued pattern of such crimes raises serious concerns about law enforcement and the administration’s willingness to curb these atrocities.