A group of tribals of Bhagabila village in Chaibasa (Jharkhand) is demanding a separate ‘Kolhan Estate Government’ citing the British Raj norms. However, the move has led to as many as 43 people being booked for sedition, criminal conspiracy, and other charges so far. One such tribal has been arrested as well. Their leader, an ex-additional district magistrate of then Bihar (undivided), Ramo Birua is absconding. Birua, 83-year-old, had issued a call to hoist the flag for “a separate Kolhan Estate”, on December 18. It was the second time police lodged an FIR against Birua. In April, he was arrested following a case at Manjhari police station of West Singbhum district, for similar activities. Deputy Superintendent of Police Prakash Soy told the Indian Express, “This time, he tried to get things done on a bigger scale… He had begun issuing certificates like for caste, income, and age, under the letterhead of ‘Kolhan Estate Government’. Initially, we thought him to be an old maverick.