Kalinganagar is again on the boil- with one of the leaders of Bisthapan Virodhi Janamanch being shot dead as described below. The Company goons have threatened to kill all the Bisthapan Virodhi Janamanch leaders within one week one by one.
Orissa is fast turning into a corporate sponsored mafia state, as evidenced by the going ons in Kalinganagar and Dhamra (100 people arrested for demanding better compensation from this TATA owned company). Similarily the senior IAS officer Priyabrata Pattanaik who had been appointed as the Special officer for the POSCO project in Jagatsinghpur, has been implicated in the murder of Biranchi Das (the coach of child marathoner Budhia) and under public pressure, relieved of his duties. Regards Nachiketa ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Independent Media <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, May 1, 2008 at 2:56 AM Subject: Re: URGENT - Villager shot dead by TATA goons in Kalinga Nagar Today morning at about 10 an INNOVA vehicle (number - OR 02 AJ 2007) carrying Arvind Sing (TATA accomplice) and few other armed people entered Baragadia where they shot dead Amin Banra, a villager who opposed Tata. Yesterday evening the assailants had threatened that the leaders of the Bisthapan Birodhi Janamanch would be eliminated one after the other within 7 days and no law would be able to protect them. All this is just a week after a murderous attack on another villager opposed to TATA, Amar Banra who survived it. Amin Banra's murderers are still at large despite the police having all information required like identity of the attackers, vehicle number, etc. Rather the police and district administration seems to be a part of the conspiracy to gun down the leaders of the Bisthapan Birodhi Janamanch including today's shocking incident. The role of the mafia-bureaucracy nexus is more than evident today in Orissa with POSCO Nodal Officer & Commerce and Transport Secretary Priyabrata Patnaik being relived off his duties for having links with dreaded criminals like Raja Acharya and being involved in Biranchi Das murder case. Orissa's leading daily the SAMAJ is also playing a role in this issue by constantly manufacturing false stories about the Bisthapan Birodhi Janamanch especially ones that present the democratic people's movement as Maoist. if it were true then Arvind Sing and his gang would not have entered a village so easily and gunned down Amin Banra. it is to be also noted that tension has prevailed in the area for a week now especially when bulldozers lined up near villages when families of people killed on 2nd Jan 2006 were compensated as the company assumed it was a green signal for them to start work. The Bisthapan Birodhi janamanch issued a statement where it made clear that people were opposed to Tata factory and not compensation from the Govt which they rightfully deserve. On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 11:26 AM, Independent Media < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In a shocking turn of events one person died today when TATA goons fired > at people in Baragadia, Kalinga Nagar. Sources say that the goons were aided > by the police in the shootout where 14 rounds of bullets were fired at > people. The entire area is now besieged by fear and terror but the people > are organising themselves as fast as they can to cope with this armed > assault by state, corporation and mafia. We will update as soon as there is > more information. > Surya >
