Ranchi Express reported that TATA Steel has refused permission for erecting slain Jamshedpur MP Mr Sunil Mahto’s memorial on its land at Ganesh Puja ground in Kadma in Jmshedpur.

Sources said that TATA Steel in a communiqué to the district administration objected to the installation of Mr Mahato’s statue on the disputed plot in Kadam. It added that "This piece of land is being used for public purpose for ages now and can not be allotted to any organization or individual for constructing a statue."

Mr RK Agrawal DC of East Singhbhum said that "We have got TATA Steel’s reply and would soon forward it to the government. They have refused to issue a no objection certificate for the site in question describing it as a public place used in public interest. Moreover, the high court has also ordered status quo on the site."