Video: Kalinganagar Police Firing

From Surya Shankar Dash Some footage of the police firing at Chandia village on 12 May 2010 that caused the death of Lakhman Jamuda, aged 55, and an active member of Bisthapan Birodhi Janmanch. Update March 18th: Interview With Chandramohan Jamuda, Nefew of Laxman jamuda, who was killed during police action in chandia Village on 12th May 2010. This interview was taken on the day after Read More Share/Bookmark  Read More

Police made me sign at gunpoint, says slain tribal’s nephew

The Hindu Prafulla Das BHUBANESWAR: A tribal youth, from Chandia in Orissa’s Kalinganagar industrial area, on Saturday alleged that the police had assaulted him and obtained his signature at gunpoint on a plain paper, following the killing of his uncle in the May 12 police firing. Speaking to journalists here, Lalmohan Jamuda, 20, said the police whisked him away from his village soon after they took away the body of his uncle Laxman Jamuda. Though the Jajpur police claimed... Read More

BJP condemns ‘repressive measures’

Staff Reporter The Hindu ‘State protecting the interests of industrial houses only’ BHUBANESWAR: The State unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here on Saturday accused Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik-led government of “criminalising” State police force in the wake of violence in Kalinganagar and Jagatsinghpur where industrial projects were coming up. Addressing a press conference here, State BJP spokesperson Ashok Sahu said, “we strongly condemn the State government’s... Read More