Suresh Oraon, aged 27 years, was a resident of Purnadih, Chatra. He was a RTI activist and used the RTI Act extensively to expose the corruption in the forceful displacement made in mining projects and other social scheme implementation in the area. According to HRD Alert India, Suresh fought fiercely with Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), opposing the pollution and displacement caused by coal mining. Three years ago, he was offered a general labourer's job by CCL in exchange of his land. While he was working at CCL, he fought for other people who lost their land, many of whom were not given jobs by the public sector company. Two months ago, he had staged a demonstration for local unemployed youths whose land had been acquired for mining. When CCL started to dump mine waste into the Damodar river, under the leadership of Suresh, villagers took the CCL management to court and won the case. On June 7, 2018, Suresh was in a prayer meeting. Two men asked a local man to call Suresh to a desolate spot near the meeting venue. When Suresh reached that spot, one of the unknown assailant fired nine bullets from a close range at him. Suresh fell down and the assailants drove away towards the jungle. Suresh was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead.