Woman who claimed to be Jharkhand minister's wife goes missing

RANCHI: A teacher, who claims to be BJP leader and Jharkhand agriculture minister Satyanand Jha"s wife, has gone missing after she met some journalists at Basukinath in Dumka district on Tuesday night.
Eyewitnesses in Dumka said some youth were seen with the teacher in a white SUV outside a hotel in Basukinath around 10pm on Tuesday. Her minor son was also with her at that time.“Apart from the teacher and her son, some associates of the state agriculture minister were also there in the SUV,” said an eyewitness.
Dumka SP Hemant Toppo said no case of her missing or abduction was registered with the police till late Wednesday. “Unless someone comes and files a complaint with the police, we cannot say or do anything. If some case is brought to our notice, then we will look into the matter.""
Neither the teacher nor her family could be contacted till late in the evening.
The minister claimed that he is unwell and has not able to lodge the defamation and forgery case against the women. “I have not gone to lodge the case because of ill health. If there is any information about her abduction I will talk to my people in Dumka and try to find out her whereabouts,” said the minister in Ranchi.
Jha had said that he would file the case against her for circulating a "false agreement" stating that he had accepted her as his wife.
Referring to a query about his associates being spotted at Basukinath on Tuesday, he said his son had gone to Basukinath to offer puja but this should not be misinterpreted. "I have no relation with that woman and if she has gone missing, no one from my family should be blamed just because she has been making false claims."