Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras, popularly known as Balasaheb Deoras, the then Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) sarsanghchalak (chief), visited Jamshedpur in early April 1979 and allegedly instigated Hindus to claim their rights in a Hindu nation. Ten days later, the city went up in flames. The state government set up a three-member Commission of Enquiry to investigate the riots. Headed by Justice (retd.) Jitendra Narain, the commission established beyond doubt the involvement of Deoras and his outfit in the riots. “In the first instance, the speech of Shri Balasaheb tended to encourage the Hindu extremists to be unyielding in their demands regarding Road No. 14. Secondly, his speech amounted to communal propaganda. Thirdly, the shakhas and the camps that were held during the Divisional Conference presented a militant atmosphere to the Hindu public. In the circumstances, the Commission cannot but hold the RSS responsible for creating a climate for the disturbances that took place on the 11th of April, 1979 and thereafter,” stated the three-member commission in its 1981 report.