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