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It's not an issue of illegal stone mining but stone theft from railway construction site. RAMGARH: A clash erupted between two groups of residents in Kodi village under Patratu block of Ramgarh district on Tuesday over the issue of illegal stone trading in the area. "A number of villagers picked up stones from a nearby railway construction site which was protested by other group of villagers. The stones are stolen from the railways and sold by unscrupulous traders.Hundreds of angry villagers, including women, demonstrated outside Barkakana police outpost against a section of villagers allegedly involved in illegal trade. The Koderma-Ranchi rail route via Barkakana passes through Kodi village where the dispute between two group of villagers erupted on Tuesday morning," he added..