Odisha: 10 chopped palms recovered in Kalinga Nagar, police suspect remains could belong to tribals killed in 2006

Bhubaneswar | Monday | 19th November, 2018

Summary:

As many as 10 chopped palms were recovered from the Kalinga Nagar area in Odisha on Sunday, which the police suspect are of the tribals killed in the 2006 police firing. At least 13 tribals were killed in a police firing during a protest against land acquisition for a steel plant in Kalinga Nagar in January 2006. They took away the box containing the chopped palms and dumped them in the area, he said. Following this, they were preserved in the medical box and kept in the club, they said. The tension in the Jajpur area was palpable when police found five pairs of chopped palms, which were preserved in a medical box in a club near the site..