Shocking news.
THis si the same Tatas who are buiding the DHamra port near the live
ridleys nesting site. How can he get away with this.? WHat cold
bloodedness to play with lives of people.
--- In [email protected], "Nachiketa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Dear all,
> **
> As usual the papers are toeing the line of the administration and
the
> TATAs. The question arises that why does a "contractor" for TATAs,
moves
> around with armed "bodyguards" armed with guns. Is Orissa really
that
> lawless?
>
> And would a contractor have the courage to move around with an armed
> entourage if the Kalinganagar activists were connected with
maoists, as
> accused by the press and the Government. In areas where Maoists
hold sway,
> even policement hide their arms unless moving in a large convoy or
group to
> foil attacks to snatch arms. Can one imagine a contractor with two
armed
> bodyguards moving around in Maoist areas openly. Who is
this "contractor"
> from Bihar moving around with armed "bodyguards" and who has been
engaged by
> TATAs to persuade "villagers". One thought the job of persuasion was
> entrusted to NGOs - does one need armed goons from Bihar to do that?
>
> BTW the OIC of the Kalinganagar PS Mr. Mund was also the OIC at
Kashipur
> when the violence was taking place in that area.
>
> This killing is nothing but an attempt to eliminate the leadership
of the
> Kalinganagar movement through importing hired gunmen from the
hometowns of
> TATAs, so that the tribals could be forced off their lands.
> **
> *Regards*
> **
> *Nachiketa*
> **
> **
> *VVJM activist shot dead*
> Statesman News Service
> JAJPUR, May 2: Kalinga Nagar relapsed to yet another phase of
agitation
> following the death of a 52-year-old anti-displacement tribal
activist who
> was shot dead by a security guard of Mr Aravinda Singha, contractor
of a
> steel company yesterday. Enraged locals re-launched a road block
repeating
> what they had done for 15 months following the 2 January 2006
police firing
> in which 14 tribals were killed.The deceased Amin Banara of
Baligotha
> village was a strong supporter of Visthapan Virodhi Janmanch, the
outfit
> leading the movement against displacement of tribals in Kalinga
Nagar area.
> Police said the incident occurred when Banara was talking to some
of the
> villagers near the entrance gate of Rohit Ferotech Limited. It is
learnt
> that Mr Singha was trying to dissuade the villagers from opposing
projects
> when the tussle took place. In *one version the villagers attacked
Mr Singha
> and his security guard fired in defence*, while the *other
conflicting
> version was that both groups clashed leading to the firing*.
> Mr Singha, a contractor of Jharkhand along with his security guards
reached
> the spot in a vehicle and spoke to Banara. There was an altercation
leading
> to a scuffle between the two groups. Three rounds were fired and
Banara died
> on the spot. Conflicting versions of the event are doing the rounds
here. *One
> version is that Mr Singha was trying to dissuade the villagers.*
With
> Banara's death spreading in the area, hundreds of tribals rushed to
the spot
> and prevented the police from sending the body for postmortem. The
angry
> tribals took out a procession with the body to Vir Bhoomi, the
memorial
> constructed for the 14 people killed in police firing on 2 January,
2006
> during a protest against acquisition of farmland for industries.
They held a
> meeting there and also squatted on the NH 200, connecting port town
Paradip
> and Daitari.
> Meanwhile, police have taken Mr Singha and his driver into custody
and
> seized the vehicle."Aravinda Singha has admitted that his security
guards
> fired at Banara when his supporters attacked them. Efforts are on
to nab the
> security guards and they would be rounded up soon," said Mr KC Mund,
> inspector-in-charge of Kalinga Nagar. According to Kalinga Nagar
additional
> superintendent of police Mr Kartik Chandra Swain, "the two were
arrested
> near Panikoili when they were trying to escape from the district
and the
> vehicle was seized".
> Tribal leaders said that Multi National Companies' were trying to
intimidate
> and use force to supress tribals who are opposing displacement.
Chief
> minister Mr Naveen Patnaik professes 'peaceful industrialisation'
but the
> reverse is taking place all over the state as private armies and
goons are
> deployed, be it at Jajpur, Jagagsinghpur or Paradip, they said.
> Janmanch general secretary Mr Rabindra Jarika alleged that Mr
Singha had
> been hired to eject or eliminate tribals opposing industrial
projects.
> "The MNC's are attacking innocent tribals who have been fighting
for their
> lives and livelihood. We have re-launched the road blockade
agitation," said
> Mr Jarika. But the tribal leader did not say how long it would
continue. It
> may be noted that the VVJM had put up a 15-month road blockade at
Vir Bhoomi
> on Paradeep-daitary express highway, the life line of Orissa since
the
> killing in 2 January, 2006 and lifted it last year, after the
Cuttack High
> Court verdict.Today the police managed to conduct a postmortem of
Banara's
> body. The cremation is to take place at Vir Bhoomi. The situation
continued
> to remain tense in the industrial complex area on the second
consecutive day
> today.
>
>
> --
>
