Orissa High Court on Thursday directed the State Home Department to file an affidavit with regard to alleged police excesses in Dhinkia village in Odisha’s Jagatsinhpur district where people are protesting against the proposed mega steel project the by Jindal Steel Work (JSW) Group.
Thirteen political parties, including the Congress and the Left parties, met Governor Ganeshi Lal seeking his intervention for the immediate withdrawal of police force from Dhinkia village.
The leaders informed the Governor that, “the State government is using force to evict people from their land. The village has been cordoned off and villagers are deprived of essential commodities. Men have fled the village fearing police action.”
