It was when the company was about to start its mining activities at the site today morning that hundreds of villagers from four villages including Jamakani and Girisima reached the spot and staged a protest.
The Nabarangpur district administration also clamped section 144 in the area for the next 48 hours to ward off any untoward situation as tension prevailed in the locality following the lathi charge
When the situation worsened, the security forces lathi (baton)-charged the protesters. Platoons of police chased the protesters into the Congress Bhawan while many of the workers ran inside the building for cover.
Bhubaneswar: Acting tough on protesters, police on Monday resorted to mild lathi-charge to disperse Panchayat Samiti members near lower PMG ground here in the city when the latter tried to gherao the Odisha Assembly. Hundreds of the members of Panchayat Samiti Sabhya Association were thrashed by police officials when they tried to barge into the […]
Berhampur: Tension prevailed at Kolidaspur village after police resorted to lathi-charge to disperse locals who were staging a demonstration in front of Hinjili police station on Sunday. The agitators had gheraoed the police station protesting the detention of 10 villagers who were picked by cops in connection with the torching of vehicles engaged in sand […]
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